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Governance Risk Compliance And Security

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All Governance Risk Compliance And Security questions (43)

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1

A company is conducting a risk assessment and needs to determine the impact of a potential cloud service provider outage. Which document provides the provider's commitment to uptime?

Medium
2

A security engineer is setting up a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to protect a public-facing application. Which feature is most effective against common SQL injection attacks?

Hard
3

Which cloud computing concept best describes the ability to add and remove resources based on traffic demands to maintain performance?

Easy
4

An auditor requests evidence that an organization is managing cloud risks. Which document should the IT team provide as the primary evidence of risk mitigation strategies?

Easy
5

To ensure that no single administrator has full control over the environment, which security practice should be implemented?

Medium
6

To meet compliance requirements, a firm must store log files for seven years in a read-only state. Which storage configuration provides this level of immutability?

Medium
7

A security analyst notices unauthorized changes to cloud infrastructure. Which service should be analyzed to identify which IAM user made the changes?

Medium
8

Which THREE of the following are effective methods for mitigating risks associated with cloud adoption?

Medium
9

After a security incident, it is discovered that a S3 bucket was publicly accessible. Which feature should be used to prevent this from happening in the future?

Hard
10

Which THREE of the following are cloud security best practices?

Medium
11

Which THREE of the following are characteristics of a 'Defense in Depth' security strategy?

Hard
12

An organization is subject to GDPR and needs to ensure that personal data stored in an Azure SQL Database is protected against unauthorized access. Which feature should be enabled to identify potential vulnerabilities and anomalies?

Hard
13

Which TWO of the following scenarios represent a breach of the Shared Responsibility Model?

Hard
14

An enterprise is deploying a hybrid cloud model and must ensure that data moving between the on-premises data center and the cloud provider is encrypted. Which mechanism is most appropriate?

Hard
15

A firm must perform a third-party security audit. What type of document should they obtain from the cloud provider to prove compliance with ISO 27001?

Hard
16

Which TWO of the following are essential components of a Cloud Security Policy?

Medium
17

When following the Shared Responsibility Model, which security aspect is the customer's responsibility in an IaaS environment?

Easy
18

To comply with data sovereignty laws, a database must remain within a specific country's borders. Which architectural strategy ensures this?

Hard
19

An administrator needs to ensure that only authorized traffic enters a private subnet. Which network component should be configured as a first line of defense?

Medium
20

An administrator needs to implement a centralized logging solution for multiple cloud accounts. Which service allows for aggregating security logs into a single security account?

Hard
21

Which THREE of the following are valid reasons for establishing a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE)?

Medium
22

A cloud architect needs to ensure that all cloud resources are tagged with an 'Owner' and 'Environment' tag for governance. Which service helps automate the detection and remediation of non-compliant resources?

Medium
23

When a data breach occurs in a cloud environment, who is responsible for notifying the regulatory authorities?

Easy
24

Which THREE of the following are common benefits of adopting a Cloud Governance framework?

Medium
25

A project manager is reviewing cloud resource usage to ensure compliance with a budget governance policy. Which cloud service dashboard provides the most direct view of current resource costs and budget alerts?

Easy
26

Which THREE of the following tools or methods are used to secure data in transit in the cloud?

Medium
27

Which TWO of the following are key responsibilities of a Cloud Governance Committee?

Medium
28

A compliance officer needs to generate a report showing all instances that are not compliant with a standard CIS benchmark. Which service should be used?

Hard
29

A company needs to ensure that only authorized devices can access internal cloud applications. Which mechanism verifies device posture before granting access?

Medium
30

To ensure that all virtual machines in a cloud environment comply with corporate security standards (e.g., specific OS versions), which tool should be used to enforce configuration policies automatically?

Medium
31

An organization wants to implement an Identity Provider (IdP) to allow employees to use their corporate credentials for cloud logins. Which protocol is typically used for this purpose?

Easy
32

A company is evaluating the risk of moving to the cloud. Which business driver is most relevant to 'Agility' in a cloud adoption context?

Easy
33

Which TWO of the following are benefits of using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for compliance?

Medium
34

A company is migrating sensitive financial data to AWS and needs to ensure that all data is encrypted at rest using customer-managed keys. Which service should the administrator configure to manage these keys while maintaining audit logs for compliance?

Medium
35

Which TWO of the following are key steps in a Cloud Incident Response process?

Hard
36

Which TWO of the following are common threats to cloud-based data integrity?

Hard
37

Which THREE of the following represent common compliance risks in a cloud environment?

Hard
38

What is the primary risk mitigation strategy when storing data in a single availability zone?

Medium
39

To ensure that all data is encrypted before being sent to the cloud, which encryption method should the organization employ?

Medium
40

A company is using a SaaS application for email. Which part of the security responsibility remains with the company?

Medium
41

A developer is writing code that accesses an API key. Instead of hardcoding the key, which service should they use to retrieve it securely at runtime?

Medium
42

Which IAM entity should be created to delegate temporary access to a third-party service provider without sharing long-term credentials?

Medium
43

A cloud architect is defining a security group for a web server. To adhere to the principle of least privilege, which inbound rule should be configured to allow only standard HTTPS traffic?

Medium

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Governance Risk Compliance And Security questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.
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