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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.

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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)
  • A
    92% (59)
  • B
    5% (3)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    2% (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.

AData stored at the providerCorrect

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.

BCloud management tools housed at the provider

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.

CInvestment in servers at the provider

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.

DMachine capacity at the provider

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

Topics

#vendor lock-in#data sovereignty#cloud risk management

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