In order for a company to boost profits by implementing cost savings on non-core business activities, the IT manager has sought approval for the corporate email system to be hosted in the cloud. The…

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Options

• ACreation and secure destruction of mail accounts, emails, and calendar items
• BInformation classification, vendor selection, and the RFP process
• CData provisioning, processing, in transit, at rest, and de-provisioning
• DSecuring virtual environments, appliances, and equipment that handle email

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  7% (4)
• C
  88% (49)
• D
  4% (2)

Explanation

A data lifecycle framework covers every phase data passes through from origin to disposal. Option C - 'Data provisioning, processing, in transit, at rest, and de-provisioning' - maps directly to the canonical cloud data lifecycle: (1) provisioning (data is created/ingested), (2) processing (data is used/transformed), (3) in transit (data moves between systems/users), (4) at rest (data is stored), and (5) de-provisioning (data is securely deleted). This covers all states data can occupy in a cloud email system. Option A only covers endpoints (creation and deletion of accounts/emails) and omits the storage, transmission, and processing phases. Option B describes a procurement and governance process, not a data lifecycle. Option D describes infrastructure hardening, not the data's own lifecycle stages. Only C accounts for data through every phase of its existence.

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