Compare and contrast cloud computing concepts

Which of the following is required to allow multiple servers to exist on one physical server?

• Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Virtualization

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

An end user has signed up to use a web-based calendar application. Which of the following solutions has the user purchased?

• DaaS

• SaaS

• PaaS

• laaS

Which of the following types of cloud computing would be MOST appropriate if an organization required complete control of the environment?

• Hybrid Cloud

• Private cloud

• Community cloud

• Public cloud

The system administrator notices that their application is no longer able to keep up with the large amounts of traffic their server is receiving daily. Several packets are dropped and sometimes the server is taken offline. Which of the following would be a possible solution to look into to ensure their application remains secure and available?

• Cloud computing

• Full disk encryption

• Data Loss Prevention

• HSM

Elastic cloud computing environments often reuse the same physical hardware for multiple customers over time as virtual machines are instantiated and deleted. This has important implications for which of the following data security concerns?

• Hardware integrity

• Data confidentiality

• Availability of servers

• Integrity of data

Ann is an employee in the accounting department and would like to work on files from her home computer. She recently heard about a new personal cloud storage service with an easy web interface. Before uploading her work related files into the cloud for access, which of the following is the MOST important security concern Ann should be aware of?

• Size of the files

• Availability of the files

• Accessibility of the files from her mobile device

• Sensitivity of the files

A Chief Information Officer (CIO) wants to move some IT services to a cloud service offering. However, the network administrator still wants to be able to control some parts of the cloud service’s networking components. Which of the following should be leveraged to complete this task?

• IaaS

• PaaS

• SaaS

• DaaS

Which of the following cloud infrastructure designs includes on premise servers utilizing a centralized syslog server that is hosted at a third party organization for review?

• Hybrid

• Public

• Community

• Private

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) has mandated web based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) business functions be moved offshore to reduce cost, reduce IT overheads, and improve availability. The Chief Risk Officer (CRO) has agreed with the CIO’s direction but has mandated that key authentication systems be run within the organization’s network. Which of the following would BEST meet the CIO and CRO’s requirements?

• Software as a Service

• Infrastructure as a Service

• Platform as a Service

• Hosted virtualization service

A company has a new offering to provide access to their product from a central location rather than clients internally hosting the product on the client network. The product contains sensitive corporate information that should not be accessible from one client to another. This is an example of which of the following?

• Public SaaS

• Private SaaS

• Hybrid IaaS

• Community IaaS