CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002)Cloud ConceptsEasy
A multi-national corporation is planning to migrate its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to a cloud environment. Due to strict data sovereignty laws and internal security policies, certain highly sensitive modules of the ERP must remain within the company's own data centers, while less sensitive modules can leverage public cloud resources. Which cloud deployment model best supports this requirement?
- AHybrid Cloud
- BPublic Cloud
- CCommunity Cloud
- DPrivate Cloud
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid cloud combines private infrastructure (for sensitive data) with public cloud resources (for less sensitive modules), allowing organizations to meet specific regulatory and security requirements while still benefiting from cloud scalability.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Public cloud would not meet the data sovereignty and internal security policy requirements for sensitive modules.
- C. Community cloud is shared among specific organizations with common concerns, but doesn't specifically address the on-premises/public split for a single entity's applications.
- D. Private cloud alone would not leverage the public cloud benefits for less sensitive modules as desired.
Hybrid Cloud
A cloud computing environment that combines a private cloud with one or more public cloud services, with proprietary software enabling communication between the two distinct environments.
- Combines public and private cloud.
- Allows data and applications to move between environments.
- Ideal for regulatory compliance and workload flexibility.
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