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PCCET · Question #148

On which security principle does virtualization have positive effects?

The correct answer is C. availability. Virtualization improves the availability of IT systems and resources by enabling features such as: Resource optimization: Virtualization allows multiple virtual instances to share the same physical infrastructure, reducing hardware costs and increasing resource utilization…

Submitted by packet_pusher· Apr 18, 2026Cybersecurity Foundations

Question

On which security principle does virtualization have positive effects?

Options

  • Aintegrity
  • Bconfidentiality
  • Cavailability
  • Dnon-repudiation

How the community answered

(51 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    88% (45)
  • D
    4% (2)

Explanation

Virtualization improves the availability of IT systems and resources by enabling features such as: Resource optimization: Virtualization allows multiple virtual instances to share the same physical infrastructure, reducing hardware costs and increasing resource utilization. Scalability: Virtualization enables rapid provisioning and deprovisioning of virtual instances, allowing organizations to scale up or down their IT capacity according to demand. Disaster recovery: Virtualization facilitates backup and replication of virtual instances, allowing organizations to restore their IT systems and data in the event of a disaster or outage. Fault tolerance: Virtualization supports high availability and load balancing of virtual instances, ensuring that IT systems and services remain operational even if one or more virtual instances

Topics

#Virtualization#Security Principles#Availability#CIA Triad

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