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ISC2 · ISC2 CC

Cloud security

ISC2 CC · Lesson 13 of 16 · 1:36:50

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Prepare for the ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) exam, on the 2026 outline. In this lesson: the five characteristics of cloud computing, the service models (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS), the deployment models, and the shared responsibility model. Includes three original practice questions, with Maplewood Schools, a fictional school district, as the example.

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  • During enrollment week, the parent portal automatically adds servers, and removes them when traffic drops. Which characteristic of the cloud is this?
  • Maplewood rents virtual servers in a public cloud for its grading system. Who must patch the operating system of those servers?
  • A storage folder with student photos was left open to the internet, in Maplewood’s cloud account. Who was responsible for that setting?