350-701 Cloud Security Practice Question
A company is moving its on-premises applications to AWS EC2 instances. According to the shared responsibility model, which of the following is the customer's responsibility?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Patching the guest operating system
In IaaS, the cloud provider manages the physical infrastructure (hosts, network, hypervisor), while the customer is responsible for securing the guest OS, applications, and data. Patching the OS is a customer responsibility.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Hypervisor security
Why it's wrong here
The hypervisor is maintained by the cloud provider.
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Network infrastructure hardening
Why it's wrong here
The provider manages the underlying network infrastructure.
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Patching the guest operating system
Why this is correct
The customer controls the guest OS and must apply patches.
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Physical security of the data center
Why it's wrong here
Physical security is always the provider's responsibility in IaaS.
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