CV0-003 · 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. Data stored at a cloud provider is the most critical asset at risk if the provider ceases operations, as access to and integrity of that data could be lost.
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
(35 responses)- A89% (31)
- B3% (1)
- C3% (1)
- D6% (2)
Why each option
Data stored at a cloud provider is the most critical asset at risk if the provider ceases operations, as access to and integrity of that data could be lost.
If a cloud provider goes out of business, the organization faces the risk of permanent data loss, inability to retrieve data, or data exposure during the provider's wind-down process. Unlike hardware or capacity, data is the irreplaceable business asset that cannot simply be re-purchased or rebuilt. This risk makes data portability and backup strategies essential components of cloud risk management.
Cloud management tools are typically software-based and can be replaced with alternative tools from other vendors if a provider shuts down.
The customer does not own or invest in servers at the cloud provider's facility under standard cloud service models, so there is no direct financial investment in provider-side hardware to lose.
Machine capacity is a provider-side infrastructure concern, and the customer can simply provision compute capacity from an alternative cloud provider if needed.
Concept tested: Cloud provider risk - data availability and portability
Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-146/final
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