CV0-003 · Question #154
A cloud solution provider offers services solely to the healthcare industry which meets specific security and government regulations. This is an example of which of the following cloud types?
The correct answer is D. Community. A community cloud is infrastructure shared exclusively among organizations within the same industry or regulatory group that have common compliance requirements.
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A cloud solution provider offers services solely to the healthcare industry which meets specific security and government regulations. This is an example of which of the following cloud types?
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- APublic
- BHybrid
- CPrivate
- DCommunity
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(28 responses)- C4% (1)
- D96% (27)
Why each option
A community cloud is infrastructure shared exclusively among organizations within the same industry or regulatory group that have common compliance requirements.
A public cloud is available to any organization or individual without industry restriction, making it incompatible with a deployment limited to a single regulated sector.
A hybrid cloud is a composition of two or more distinct cloud types (such as private and public), which does not describe a single restricted deployment serving one industry.
A private cloud is dedicated to a single organization, whereas this scenario describes services shared across an entire industry sector of multiple independent entities.
A community cloud, as defined by NIST SP 800-145, is provisioned for exclusive use by a specific community of consumers - in this case, healthcare organizations that share identical security and government regulatory obligations such as HIPAA. It differs from private cloud because multiple organizations share it, and from public cloud because access is restricted to community members only.
Concept tested: Community cloud deployment model for regulated industry groups
Source: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf
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