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CAS-005 · Question #485

A company is planning to migrate all of its on-site-hosted applications to a public cloud provider. Which of the following is the best way to reduce the scope of security-relevant work that the…

The correct answer is D. Implementing serverless cloud services. Implementing serverless cloud services shifts most of the infrastructure management and security responsibilities (such as patching, scaling, and OS hardening) to the cloud provider. This significantly reduces the company’s security workload after migration.

Submitted by lukas.cz· Mar 6, 2026Security Architecture

Question

A company is planning to migrate all of its on-site-hosted applications to a public cloud provider. Which of the following is the best way to reduce the scope of security-relevant work that the company must address after the applications have been migrated to the cloud?

Options

  • AAdopting cloud-native security solutions
  • BUsing a microservices architecture
  • CPerforming a lift-and-shift cloud migration
  • DImplementing serverless cloud services

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    12% (3)
  • D
    80% (20)

Explanation

Implementing serverless cloud services shifts most of the infrastructure management and security responsibilities (such as patching, scaling, and OS hardening) to the cloud provider. This significantly reduces the company’s security workload after migration.

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