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

The correct answer is C. Governance. Governance - encompassing organizational policies, risk management, regulatory compliance, and accountability frameworks - always remains the exclusive responsibility of the cloud customer regardless of whether they use IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS. While the cloud provider assumes varyin

Submitted by devops_kid· Apr 18, 2026Legal, Risk and Compliance

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APlatform
BInfrastructure
CGovernance
DApplication

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Governance - encompassing organizational policies, risk management, regulatory compliance, and accountability frameworks - always remains the exclusive responsibility of the cloud customer regardless of whether they use IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS. While the cloud provider assumes varying degrees of responsibility for infrastructure, platform, and application layers depending on the service model, the customer can never delegate governance to the provider. The customer must always ensure that cloud usage aligns with internal policies and external regulations. No cloud provider can accept responsibility for a customer's governance obligations.

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