CCSP - Certified Cloud Security Professional -
All Domains, CCSP Full, CCSP Review
Assessment, Managing Cloud Security,
Managing Cloud Security - PreAssessment
C838/ 879 Questions with Definitive Solutions/
2024-2025.
Cloud Enablement - Answer: The process of making available one or more of the
following services and infrastructures to create a public cloud-computing
environment: cloud provider, client, and application.
Cloud Management - Answer: Software and technologies designed for operating
and monitoring the applications, data, and services residing in the cloud. Cloud
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,management tools help to ensure a company's cloud computing-based resources
are working optimally and properly interacting with users and other services.
Cloud Migration - Answer: The process of transitioning all or part of a company's
data, applications, and services from on-site premises behind the firewall to the
cloud, where the information can be provided over the Internet on an on-demand
basis.
Cloud OS - Answer: A phrase frequently used in place of Platform as a Service
(PaaS) to denote an association to cloud computing.
Cloud Portability - Answer: The ability to move applications and its associated
data between one cloud provider and another — or between public and private
cloud environments.
Cloud Provider - Answer: A service provider who offers customers storage or
software solutions available via a public network, usually the Internet.
Cloud Provisioning - Answer: The deployment of a company's cloud computing
strategy, which typically first involves selecting which applications and services will
reside in the public cloud and which will remain on-site behind the firewall or in
the private cloud.
Cloud Server Hosting - Answer: A type of hosting in which hosting services are
made available to customers on demand via the Internet. Rather than being
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,provided by a single server or virtual server, cloud server hosting services are
provided by multiple connected servers that comprise a cloud.
Cloud Services Broker (CSB) - Answer: Typically a third-party entity or company
that looks to extend or enhance value to multiple customers of cloud-based
services through relationships with multiple cloud service providers.
Cloud Storage - Answer: The storage of data online in the cloud, wherein a
company's data is stored in and accessible from multiple distributed and
connected resources that comprise a cloud.
Cloud Testing - Answer: Load and performance testing conducted on the
applications and services provided via cloud computing — particularly the
capability to access these services — in order to ensure optimal performance and
scalability under a wide variety of conditions.
Anything-as-a-Service - Answer: Anything-as-a-service, or "XaaS," refers to the
growing diversity of services available over the Internet via cloud computing as
opposed to being provided locally, or on premises.
Apache Cloud Stack - Answer: An open-source cloud computing and Infrastructure
as a Service (IaaS) platform developed to help Infrastructure as a Service make
creating, deploying, and managing cloud services easier by providing a complete
"stack" of features and components for cloud environments.
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, Cloud Administrator - Answer: This individual is typically responsible for the
implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of the cloud within the
organization or on behalf of an organization (acting as a third party).
Cloud App (Cloud Application) - Answer: Short for cloud application, cloud app is
the phrase used to describe a software application that is never installed on a
local computer. Instead, it is accessed via the Internet.
Cloud Application Architect - Answer: Typically responsible for adapting, porting,
or deploying an application to a target cloud environment.
Cloud Application Management for Platforms (CAMP) - Answer: A specification
designed to ease management of applications — including packaging and
deployment — across public and private cloud computing platforms.
Cloud Architect - Answer: He or she will determine when and how a private cloud
meets the policies and needs of an organization's strategic goals and contractual
requirements (from a technical perspective).
Cloud Backup Service Provider - Answer: A third-party entity that manages and
distributes remote, cloud-based data backup services and solutions to customers
from a central data center.
Cloud Backup Solutions - Answer: Enable enterprises or individuals to store their
data and computer files on the Internet using a storage service provider rather
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All Domains, CCSP Full, CCSP Review
Assessment, Managing Cloud Security,
Managing Cloud Security - PreAssessment
C838/ 879 Questions with Definitive Solutions/
2024-2025.
Cloud Enablement - Answer: The process of making available one or more of the
following services and infrastructures to create a public cloud-computing
environment: cloud provider, client, and application.
Cloud Management - Answer: Software and technologies designed for operating
and monitoring the applications, data, and services residing in the cloud. Cloud
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,management tools help to ensure a company's cloud computing-based resources
are working optimally and properly interacting with users and other services.
Cloud Migration - Answer: The process of transitioning all or part of a company's
data, applications, and services from on-site premises behind the firewall to the
cloud, where the information can be provided over the Internet on an on-demand
basis.
Cloud OS - Answer: A phrase frequently used in place of Platform as a Service
(PaaS) to denote an association to cloud computing.
Cloud Portability - Answer: The ability to move applications and its associated
data between one cloud provider and another — or between public and private
cloud environments.
Cloud Provider - Answer: A service provider who offers customers storage or
software solutions available via a public network, usually the Internet.
Cloud Provisioning - Answer: The deployment of a company's cloud computing
strategy, which typically first involves selecting which applications and services will
reside in the public cloud and which will remain on-site behind the firewall or in
the private cloud.
Cloud Server Hosting - Answer: A type of hosting in which hosting services are
made available to customers on demand via the Internet. Rather than being
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,provided by a single server or virtual server, cloud server hosting services are
provided by multiple connected servers that comprise a cloud.
Cloud Services Broker (CSB) - Answer: Typically a third-party entity or company
that looks to extend or enhance value to multiple customers of cloud-based
services through relationships with multiple cloud service providers.
Cloud Storage - Answer: The storage of data online in the cloud, wherein a
company's data is stored in and accessible from multiple distributed and
connected resources that comprise a cloud.
Cloud Testing - Answer: Load and performance testing conducted on the
applications and services provided via cloud computing — particularly the
capability to access these services — in order to ensure optimal performance and
scalability under a wide variety of conditions.
Anything-as-a-Service - Answer: Anything-as-a-service, or "XaaS," refers to the
growing diversity of services available over the Internet via cloud computing as
opposed to being provided locally, or on premises.
Apache Cloud Stack - Answer: An open-source cloud computing and Infrastructure
as a Service (IaaS) platform developed to help Infrastructure as a Service make
creating, deploying, and managing cloud services easier by providing a complete
"stack" of features and components for cloud environments.
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, Cloud Administrator - Answer: This individual is typically responsible for the
implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of the cloud within the
organization or on behalf of an organization (acting as a third party).
Cloud App (Cloud Application) - Answer: Short for cloud application, cloud app is
the phrase used to describe a software application that is never installed on a
local computer. Instead, it is accessed via the Internet.
Cloud Application Architect - Answer: Typically responsible for adapting, porting,
or deploying an application to a target cloud environment.
Cloud Application Management for Platforms (CAMP) - Answer: A specification
designed to ease management of applications — including packaging and
deployment — across public and private cloud computing platforms.
Cloud Architect - Answer: He or she will determine when and how a private cloud
meets the policies and needs of an organization's strategic goals and contractual
requirements (from a technical perspective).
Cloud Backup Service Provider - Answer: A third-party entity that manages and
distributes remote, cloud-based data backup services and solutions to customers
from a central data center.
Cloud Backup Solutions - Answer: Enable enterprises or individuals to store their
data and computer files on the Internet using a storage service provider rather
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