Certificate of Cloud Auditing Knowledge (CCAK) — Question 66

Which of the following cloud environments should be a concern to an organization’s cloud auditor?

Answer options

• A. The cloud service provider’s data center is more than 100 miles away.
• B. The organization entirely depends on several proprietary Software as a Service (SaaS) applications.
• C. The failover region of the cloud service provider is on another continent.
• D. The technical team is trained on only one vendor Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas) platform, but the organization has subscribed to another vendor’s IaaS platform as an alternative.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because having the technical team trained on only one vendor's IaaS platform can lead to operational risks if the organization needs to rely on an alternative vendor's IaaS platform. Options A, B, and C may present logistical or dependency concerns, but they do not inherently compromise the organization's ability to manage its cloud services effectively.