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Your company operates in a highly competitive market, with extremely high-value data assets. Senior management wants to migrate to a cloud environment but is concerned that providers will not meet…

The correct answer is B. Private. For highly sensitive data and strong security concerns, a private cloud offers the greatest control and isolation, best suiting the company's needs.

Submitted by yuki_2020· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Concepts, Architecture and Design

Question

Your company operates in a highly competitive market, with extremely high-value data assets. Senior management wants to migrate to a cloud environment but is concerned that providers will not meet the company's security needs. Which deployment model would probably best suit the company's needs? Response:

Options

  • APublic
  • BPrivate
  • CCommunity
  • DHybrid

How the community answered

(49 responses)
  • A
    8% (4)
  • B
    78% (38)
  • C
    10% (5)
  • D
    4% (2)

Why each option

For highly sensitive data and strong security concerns, a private cloud offers the greatest control and isolation, best suiting the company's needs.

APublic

A public cloud shares infrastructure among multiple tenants, which may not meet the stringent security and isolation requirements for extremely high-value data assets.

BPrivateCorrect

A private cloud deployment model provides dedicated infrastructure and greater control over security, compliance, and customization, making it suitable for organizations with highly sensitive data and strict security requirements that public cloud models might not meet.

CCommunity

A community cloud shares infrastructure among organizations with shared concerns, but still involves sharing resources and may not offer the exclusivity needed for top-tier security.

DHybrid

A hybrid cloud combines public and private clouds, meaning some data would still reside in a shared environment, potentially exposing high-value assets to more risk than a pure private cloud.

Concept tested: Cloud deployment models and security implications

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/get-started/what-is-cloud-computing#private-cloud

Topics

#Cloud deployment models#Private cloud#Cloud security architecture#Data security

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