SDSI Application Security Design Practice Question
When designing for multi-cloud, why is an orchestration layer for security policy so important?
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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To ensure consistent policy enforcement across heterogeneous environments
Each cloud provider has different security constructs (e.g., AWS Security Groups vs Azure NSGs). An orchestration layer abstracts this, allowing for a single policy to be applied consistently across all providers.
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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To increase the performance of the cross-cloud traffic
Why it's wrong here
It does not affect traffic performance.
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To reduce the cost of the cloud service
Why it's wrong here
Orchestration does not lower cloud costs.
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To eliminate the need for cloud-native firewalls
Why it's wrong here
You still use the cloud-native firewalls; the policy is just managed centrally.
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To ensure consistent policy enforcement across heterogeneous environments
Why this is correct
Consistency across clouds is the key design goal.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Cisco exam blueprint
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