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CV0-002 · Question #286

A cloud provider is evaluating an insider threat. A resource from the company operations team has access to the servers' virtual disks. This poses a risk that someone could copy and move the virtual s

The correct answer is A. Tokenization. To mitigate an insider threat where virtual disks can be copied, the best approach is to ensure sensitive data on those disks is not directly accessible even if copied.

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Question

A cloud provider is evaluating an insider threat. A resource from the company operations team has access to the servers' virtual disks. This poses a risk that someone could copy and move the virtual server image and have access to the data. Which of the following solutions would help mitigate this problem?

Options

  • ATokenization
  • BEncryption
  • CVirtual firewall
  • DHashing

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • A
    72% (31)
  • B
    14% (6)
  • C
    5% (2)
  • D
    9% (4)

Why each option

To mitigate an insider threat where virtual disks can be copied, the best approach is to ensure sensitive data on those disks is not directly accessible even if copied.

ATokenizationCorrect

Tokenization replaces sensitive data with non-sensitive unique identification symbols (tokens). If the virtual disk contains tokenized data, even if an insider copies the disk, the actual sensitive information is not exposed or compromised, thus mitigating the risk of data access.

BEncryption

Encryption protects data at rest, but if an insider copies the encrypted virtual disk, they still possess the encrypted data, which could potentially be decrypted later if the key is compromised or a weakness is found.

CVirtual firewall

A virtual firewall controls network traffic and would not prevent an operations team member with direct virtual disk access from copying the disk.

DHashing

Hashing creates a fixed-size string from data, primarily used for data integrity verification or password storage, and does not protect the original data from being copied or accessed.

Concept tested: Data protection and insider threat mitigation

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#Data protection#Encryption#Insider threat#Virtual disks

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