CLOUD-DIGITAL-LEADER · Question #368
An organization has migrated all workloads to the cloud and is reviewing their cloud security posture. Who is now responsible for securing the physical infrastructure of the data centers?
The correct answer is C. The cloud service provider. In the cloud shared responsibility model, the cloud service provider is solely responsible for securing the physical data center infrastructure. When an organization migrates to the cloud, they relinquish all physical security responsibilities.
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An organization has migrated all workloads to the cloud and is reviewing their cloud security posture. Who is now responsible for securing the physical infrastructure of the data centers?
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- AThe organization and the cloud service provider
- BThird-party security service providers
- CThe cloud service provider
- DThe organization
How the community answered
(22 responses)- A5% (1)
- C91% (20)
- D5% (1)
Why each option
In the cloud shared responsibility model, the cloud service provider is solely responsible for securing the physical data center infrastructure. When an organization migrates to the cloud, they relinquish all physical security responsibilities.
Physical infrastructure security is not a shared responsibility - it belongs entirely to the CSP, not jointly with the customer organization.
Third-party security providers do not own or control physical data centers and bear no responsibility for their physical security.
The cloud shared responsibility model explicitly assigns physical data center security - including buildings, hardware, and physical networks - to the cloud service provider. The organization retains responsibility for their data, identity, and application-level security, but physical infrastructure protection is always the CSP's domain regardless of the service model used.
The organization does not own or have physical access to cloud data centers, so physical infrastructure security cannot be their responsibility.
Concept tested: Cloud shared responsibility model - physical security boundary
Source: https://cloud.google.com/architecture/framework/security/shared-responsibility-shared-fate
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