CV0-002 · Question #184
Which of the following assets have risks related to a cloud provider going out of business?
The correct answer is A. Data stored at the provider. The most critical asset at risk for a customer if a cloud provider goes out of business is their data stored on the provider's infrastructure.
Question
Which of the following assets have risks related to a cloud provider going out of business?
Options
- AData stored at the provider
- BCloud management tools housed at the provider
- CInvestment in servers at the provider
- DMachine capacity at the provider
How the community answered
(64 responses)- A92% (59)
- B5% (3)
- C2% (1)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
The most critical asset at risk for a customer if a cloud provider goes out of business is their data stored on the provider's infrastructure.
If a cloud provider ceases operations, customers face a significant risk of losing access to or control over their proprietary data stored on the provider's servers. This can lead to irrecoverable data loss, operational disruptions, and severe legal or compliance challenges.
While losing access to cloud management tools would be inconvenient, these tools are typically the provider's intellectual property; the primary concern for the customer is the loss of access to their own data and services managed by these tools.
In a cloud computing model, customers subscribe to virtual resources and services and do not invest in or own physical servers located at the provider's premises.
While customers would lose access to allocated machine capacity, the greater risk to the customer's business operations stems from the potential loss of data and inability to run applications that relied on that capacity.
Concept tested: Cloud provider exit strategy risks
Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-144/final
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