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A security architect is designing a Cortex XSOAR deployment for a global organization with strict data residency requirements. Each regional security operations center (SOC) must have its incident data stored and processed entirely within its geographic region, isolated from other regions. Which XSOAR architectural feature is best suited to meet these specific data isolation and residency needs?
- AActive/Passive Clustering
- BDistributed Engines
- CShared Content Packs
- DMulti-Tenant Deployment
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Correct answer: D. Multi-Tenant Deployment
A multi-tenant deployment allows for complete isolation of data, configurations, and user access between different tenants (regions in this case), satisfying strict data residency and isolation requirements.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Active/Passive Clustering provides high availability for a single XSOAR instance, not data isolation for multiple regions.
- B. Distributed Engines execute commands remotely but do not isolate incident data at rest.
- C. Shared Content Packs are for content distribution, not data isolation or residency.
Cortex XSOAR Multi-Tenant
An architecture allowing multiple independent organizations or departments (tenants) to share a single XSOAR instance while maintaining data and configuration isolation.
- Data isolation between tenants
- Separate user management per tenant
- Can be deployed on-premises or cloud
Memory trick: Many tenants, many locked doors for data.