The cloud customer will have the most control of their data and systems, and the cloud provider will have the least amount of responsibility, in which cloud computing arrangement?

The correct answer is A. IaaS. IaaS entails the cloud customer installing and maintaining the OS, programs, and data; PaaS has the customer installing programs and data; in SaaS, the customer only uploads data. In a community cloud, data and device owners are distributed.

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

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AIaaS
BSaaS
CCommunity cloud
DPaaS

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A
91% (52)
B
5% (3)
C
2% (1)
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2% (1)

Explanation

IaaS entails the cloud customer installing and maintaining the OS, programs, and data; PaaS has the customer installing programs and data; in SaaS, the customer only uploads data. In a community cloud, data and device owners are distributed.

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#Cloud Service Models#Shared Responsibility Model#IaaS#Customer Control

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