CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002)Cloud ConceptsMedium
A financial institution is considering using a public cloud for its non-critical development and testing environments. However, their security team is concerned about data segregation, compliance, and the potential for multi-tenancy risks. Which deployment model would offer the benefits of cloud computing while providing a higher degree of isolation and control over the infrastructure compared to a typical public cloud?
- AHybrid Cloud
- BCommunity Cloud
- CPrivate Cloud
- DPublic Cloud
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Correct answer: C. Private Cloud
A private cloud offers dedicated infrastructure for a single organization, providing greater control, isolation, and the ability to meet specific compliance and security requirements, which directly addresses the financial institution's concerns while still leveraging cloud principles.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Hybrid cloud combines public and private clouds, but the core need for isolation within the cloud environment points to private.
- B. Community cloud shares infrastructure among specific organizations with common concerns, but a private cloud offers complete dedication to one entity.
- D. Public cloud involves shared infrastructure and multi-tenancy, which is precisely what the security team is concerned about.
Private Cloud
A cloud computing environment where the infrastructure is operated solely for a single organization, whether managed internally or by a third party, and hosted either on-premises or off-premises.
- Dedicated infrastructure for a single organization.
- Offers higher control, security, and isolation.
- Can be on-premises or off-premises (hosted private cloud).
Memory trick: Public shares, Private owns, Hybrid mixes.