Chapter 18

Clouds can be created by many entities, but must be internal to an organization. True/False

False

Which cloud system is defined as one where several organizations with a common interest share a cloud environment for the specific purposes of the shared endeavor?

Community

________ are a form of operating system virtualization; they are a packaged-up combination of code and dependencies that help applications run quickly in different computing environments.

Containers

If your organization is highly sensitive to sharing resources, you might want to consider the use of a public cloud to reduce exposure and increase your control over security, processing, and handling of data. True/False

False

Encryption is a failsafe—even if security configurations fail and the data falls into the hands of an unauthorized party, the data can't be read or used without the keys. True/False

True

Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings generally focus on security and scalability. True/False

True

A(n) ________ is a low-level program that allows multiple operating systems to run concurrently on a single host computer.

Hypervisor

Which cloud computing service model involves the offering of software to end users from within the cloud?

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Which cloud computing service model describes cloud-based systems that are delivered as a virtual solution for computing that allows firms to contract for utility computing as needed rather than build data centers?

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Which capability must be enabled on firewalls, secure web gateways, and cloud access security brokers to determine if the next system in a communication chain is legitimate or not?

Instance awareness

Which term refers to a network connection used to interconnect virtual private clouds and on-premises networks?

Transit gateway

Cloud-based data storage was one of the first uses of cloud computing.

True

Which marketing term is used to describe the offering of a computing platform combining multiple sets of software in the cloud?

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Which computing service model is used for the outsourcing of security functions to a vendor that has advantages in scale, costs, or speed?

Security as a Service

Zones can be used for replication and provide load balancing as well as high availability.

True

Which term describes the hosting of a desktop environment on a central server?

Virtual desktop Infrastructure