Which of the following is the sole responsibility of the cloud customer, regardless of which cloud model is used?

The correct answer is D. Data. In all cloud service models-IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS-the cloud customer retains full responsibility for their own data. This is a foundational principle of the shared responsibility model. The cloud provider may manage infrastructure, platforms, or applications to varying degrees…

Submitted by layla.eg· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Concepts, Architecture and Design

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AInfrastructure
BPlatform
CApplication
DData

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Explanation

In all cloud service models-IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS-the cloud customer retains full responsibility for their own data. This is a foundational principle of the shared responsibility model. The cloud provider may manage infrastructure, platforms, or applications to varying degrees depending on the model, but the customer always owns and is accountable for the data they store and process in the cloud. This is also why data governance and data classification remain customer obligations regardless of deployment model.

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