CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) — Question 186

Which of the following is classified as high availability in a cloud environment?

Answer options

• A. Access broker
• B. Cloud HSM
• C. WAF
• D. Load balancer

Correct answer: D

Explanation

A Load balancer is designed to distribute incoming traffic across multiple servers, ensuring that no single server bears too much load, which contributes to high availability. In contrast, Access broker, Cloud HSM, and WAF serve different functions such as authentication, key management, and web application security, but do not primarily focus on maintaining high availability.