CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-002) — Question 61

A cloud provider is evaluating an insider threat. A resource from the company operations team has access to the servers' virtual disks. This poses a risk that someone could copy and move the virtual server image and have access to the data. Which of the following solutions would help mitigate this problem?

Answer options

• A. Tokenization
• B. Encryption
• C. Virtual firewall
• D. Hashing

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Tokenization helps mitigate the risk by replacing sensitive data with non-sensitive equivalents, reducing the chances of exposure if virtual disks are accessed. While encryption secures data, it does not prevent access to the data itself when keys are compromised. A virtual firewall protects network boundaries but does not directly address access to virtual disks. Hashing is useful for data integrity but does not secure the data from being copied or accessed.