SSCP Risk Identification, Monitoring, and Analysis Practice Question
An organization decides to outsource its data center operations to a cloud provider. The cloud provider is responsible for physical security and hardware maintenance. This is an example of which risk response strategy?
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Why each option matters
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Risk transfer
Transferring risk to a third party (cloud provider) is risk transfer.
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Risk acceptance
Why it's wrong here
Acceptance would mean retaining the risk.
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Risk transfer
Why this is correct
Outsourcing transfers the risk to the provider.
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Risk avoidance
Why it's wrong here
Avoidance would mean not using data centers.
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Risk mitigation
Why it's wrong here
Mitigation would involve internal controls.
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