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CCSP Practice Question: Ensure that their cloud deployment has the…
A company wants to ensure that their cloud deployment has the highest level of isolation between tenants. Which deployment model is most appropriate?
⚠ Common exam trap
ISC2 often tests the misconception that hybrid cloud provides the highest isolation because it includes a private component, but the trap is that hybrid cloud still incorporates a public cloud element, which inherently introduces multi-tenancy and reduces overall isolation compared to a fully private cloud.
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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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Private cloud
Private cloud (Option C) is correct because it is a single-tenant environment where the cloud infrastructure is dedicated exclusively to one organization, providing the highest level of isolation between tenants. In a private cloud, network segmentation is achieved through technologies such as VLANs (IEEE 802.1Q), VXLANs (RFC 7348), and dedicated hypervisor-level resource pools, ensuring that no other tenant's workloads share the same physical or virtual resources. This eliminates the multi-tenancy risks inherent in public and community clouds, where isolation relies on shared infrastructure and logical separation mechanisms like hypervisor-enforced memory isolation and network overlays.
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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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Public cloud
Why it's wrong here
Public cloud shares resources among many tenants, reducing isolation.
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Hybrid cloud
Why it's wrong here
Hybrid cloud combines models but does not guarantee highest isolation.
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Private cloud
Why this is correct
Private cloud is dedicated to a single organization, providing maximum isolation.
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Community cloud
Why it's wrong here
Community cloud is shared among a specific group, not fully isolated.
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