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CV0-004 Practice Question: A cloud administrator notices that a storage…
A cloud administrator notices that a storage bucket in a cloud object storage service is publicly accessible. The bucket contains sensitive customer data. What is the most likely cause of this issue?
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The bucket policy or ACL was set to allow public access.
The most likely cause is that the bucket policy or ACL was misconfigured to allow public access. Option A correctly identifies this. Option B is incorrect because versioning does not affect access permissions. Option C is incorrect because lifecycle policies manage object transitions, not access. Option D is incorrect because server-side encryption does not control public access.
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The bucket policy or ACL was set to allow public access.
Why this is correct
Misconfigured permissions are the typical cause of public buckets.
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The bucket has versioning enabled.
Why it's wrong here
Versioning does not impact access control.
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The bucket has a lifecycle policy to transition objects to archival storage.
Why it's wrong here
Lifecycle policies manage storage class, not access.
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The bucket is using server-side encryption with customer-provided keys.
Why it's wrong here
Encryption does not affect public access settings.
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