This CRISC practice question tests your understanding of it risk identification. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A company is migrating its legacy on-premises applications to a public cloud environment. Which risk identification technique is most appropriate for this scenario?
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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Threat modeling
Threat modeling is the most appropriate risk identification technique for migrating legacy on-premises applications to a public cloud environment because it systematically identifies potential security threats, vulnerabilities, and attack vectors specific to the new cloud architecture. This technique evaluates how the application's design, data flows, and trust boundaries change when moved to a cloud provider like AWS, Azure, or GCP, enabling proactive mitigation of risks such as misconfigured storage, insecure APIs, or compromised identity management.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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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Control self-assessment
Why it's wrong here
Control self-assessment evaluates the effectiveness of existing controls, not suitable for identifying new risks in a new environment.
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Threat modeling
Why this is correct
Threat modeling systematically identifies threats and vulnerabilities in system architecture, making it ideal for migration projects.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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SWOT analysis
Why it's wrong here
SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool, not specific to technical risk identification in cloud migration.
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Business impact analysis (BIA)
Why it's wrong here
BIA focuses on assessing the impact of disruptions, not on identifying risks proactively.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse SWOT analysis (a business strategy tool) with a technical risk identification technique, or mistakenly think control self-assessment is sufficient for identifying new risks in a fundamentally different architecture like cloud.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Threat modeling in a cloud migration context often uses frameworks like STRIDE (Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information Disclosure, Denial of Service, Elevation of Privilege) or PASTA (Process for Attack Simulation and Threat Analysis) to systematically enumerate threats across the cloud stack, including IAM roles, network security groups, and encryption at rest/transit. A real-world scenario involves mapping data flows from an on-premises SQL Server to Amazon RDS, where threat modeling would reveal risks like unencrypted connections (missing TLS enforcement) or overly permissive security group rules that expose the database to the internet.
KKey Concepts to Remember
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
→Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
→Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A practitioner preparing for the CRISC exam encounters this exact type of scenario on the job. The correct answer here is not the most general option — it is the best answer for the specific constraint described. Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option. Real exam questions reward reading the full scenario before eliminating options, because the constraint defines which answer fits.
What to study next
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IT Risk Identification — This question tests IT Risk Identification — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Threat modeling — Threat modeling is the most appropriate risk identification technique for migrating legacy on-premises applications to a public cloud environment because it systematically identifies potential security threats, vulnerabilities, and attack vectors specific to the new cloud architecture. This technique evaluates how the application's design, data flows, and trust boundaries change when moved to a cloud provider like AWS, Azure, or GCP, enabling proactive mitigation of risks such as misconfigured storage, insecure APIs, or compromised identity management.
What should I do if I get this CRISC question wrong?
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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