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CCSP · Question #648

With IaaS, what is responsible for handling the security and control over the volume storage space?

The correct answer is B. Operating system. Volume storage is allocated via a LUN to a system and then treated the same as any traditional The operating system is responsible for formatting and securing volume storage as well as controlling all access to it. Applications, although they may use volume storage and have…

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

Question

With IaaS, what is responsible for handling the security and control over the volume storage space?

Options

  • AManagement plane
  • BOperating system
  • CApplication
  • DHypervisor

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • B
    93% (40)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    5% (2)

Explanation

Volume storage is allocated via a LUN to a system and then treated the same as any traditional The operating system is responsible for formatting and securing volume storage as well as controlling all access to it. Applications, although they may use volume storage and have permissions to write to it, are not responsible for its formatting and security. Both a hypervisor and the management plane are outside of an individual system and are not responsible for managing the files and storage within that system.

Topics

#IaaS security#Shared responsibility model#Volume storage security#Operating system responsibility

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