Countermeasures for protecting cloud operations against external attackers include all of the following except:

• A.Continual monitoring for anomalous activity.
• B.Detailed and extensive background checks.
• C.Regular and detailed configuration/change management activities
• D.Hardened devices and systems, including servers, hosts, hypervisors, and virtual machines.

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When using transparent encryption of a database, where does the encryption engine reside?
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• A.At the application using the database
• B.Within the database
• C.In a key management system
• D.On the instance(s) attached to the volume

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Which of the following data sanitation methods would be the MOST effective if you needed to securely remove data as quickly as possible in a cloud environment?

• A.Zeroing
• B.Cryptographic erasure
• C.Degaussing
• D.Overwriting

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Which of the following does NOT relate to the hiding of sensitive data from data sets?

• A.Obfuscation
• B.Federation
• C.Masking
• D.Anonymization

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Which of the following areas of responsibility would be shared between the cloud customer and cloud provider within the Software as a Service (SaaS) category?

• A.Data
• B.Governance
• C.Application
• D.Physical

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