CV0-003 · Question #194
How can cloud computing help reduce integrity risks?
The correct answer is A. Cloud computing makes it easier to have a backup available. Cloud backups allow data to be restored to a known-good state, which is the primary mechanism for reducing integrity risks from corruption or unauthorized modification.
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How can cloud computing help reduce integrity risks?
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- ACloud computing makes it easier to have a backup available.
- BCloud computing makes it easier to monitor access and usage of data.
- CCloud computing makes it easier to give people access to data in the cloud.
- DCloud computing makes it easier to have redundancy capabilities.
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(34 responses)- A91% (31)
- B3% (1)
- C6% (2)
Why each option
Cloud backups allow data to be restored to a known-good state, which is the primary mechanism for reducing integrity risks from corruption or unauthorized modification.
Data integrity means ensuring information remains accurate and unaltered. Cloud computing makes backup creation and management simpler and more reliable, so if data integrity is compromised through corruption, ransomware, or accidental change, a clean backup can restore the data to its last verified correct state. This makes backups a direct control for mitigating integrity risk.
Monitoring access and usage supports auditing and detection of integrity violations but does not directly prevent or recover from data corruption or unauthorized alteration.
Ease of granting data access relates to availability and access management, not to maintaining or restoring the accuracy and trustworthiness of data.
Redundancy improves availability by preventing downtime but does not address integrity risks - a corrupted file replicated to redundant storage is still corrupted.
Concept tested: Cloud backup as a data integrity control
Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/integrity
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