What is one challenge for business that adopts cloud solutions?

Question

Options

• ACloud is less reliable than on-premises infrastructure because data is stored in a central location.
• BCloud increases security vulnerabilities, with employees accessing resources off-premises and
• CCustomers must increase their IT management resources because cloud adds complexity to the
• DCustomers must make a large capital investment when they initially adopt a public cloud solution.

• A
  10% (5)
• B
  83% (43)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  6% (3)

Explanation

Option B is correct because moving to the cloud expands the security perimeter beyond the traditional corporate network - employees access resources from home, cafes, and personal devices over the public internet, creating more attack vectors (credential theft, insecure endpoints, man-in-the-middle risks) that are harder to control than in a walled on-premises environment.

A is wrong because cloud providers run highly distributed, redundant infrastructure across multiple data centers worldwide, making them more reliable than most on-premises setups - and data is distributed, not stored in a single central location.

C is wrong because cloud computing typically reduces IT management burden; the provider handles hardware, patching, and infrastructure, which is one of cloud's core selling points.

D is wrong because public cloud uses an operational expenditure (OpEx) pay-as-you-go model - there is no large upfront capital investment, which is the opposite of on-premises (and another reason businesses adopt cloud).

Memory tip: Picture employees working from a coffee shop - they're outside the building (off-premises), on public Wi-Fi, logging into company systems. That open, exposed scenario = the security challenge. "Off-premises access = off the security radar."

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