CCSP UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔Cloud Portability - ✔✔The ability to move applications and its associated data
between one cloud provider and another — or between public and private cloud
environments.
✔✔Cloud Provider - ✔✔A service provider who offers customers storage or software
solutions available via a public network, usually the Internet.
✔✔Cloud Provisioning - ✔✔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 - ✔✔A type of hosting in which hosting services are made
available to customers on demand via the Internet. Rather than being 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) - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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.
✔✔Desktop-as-a-service - ✔✔A form of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) in which the
VDI is outsourced and handled by a third party.
✔✔Enterprise Application - ✔✔The term used to describe applications — or software —
that a business would use to assist the organization in solving enterprise problems.
✔✔Eucalyptus - ✔✔An open source cloud computing and Infrastructure as a Service
(IaaS) platform for enabling private clouds.
✔✔FIPS 140-2 - ✔✔Primary goal is to accredit and distinguish secure and well-
architected cryptographic modules produced by private sector vendors who seek to
have their solutions and services certified for use in regulated industries that collect,
store, transfer, or share data that is deemed to be "sensitive" but not classified.
, ✔✔Hybrid Cloud Storage - ✔✔A combination of public cloud storage and private cloud
storage where some critical data resides in the enterprise's private cloud while other
data is stored and accessible from a public cloud storage provider.
✔✔Mobile Cloud Storage - ✔✔A form of cloud storage that applies to storing an
individual's mobile device data in the cloud and providing the individual with access to
the data from anywhere.
✔✔NIST SP 800-53 - ✔✔Its primary goal and objective is to ensure that appropriate
security requirements and security controls are applied to all U.S. Federal Government
information and information management systems.
✔✔Online Backup - ✔✔Leverages the Internet and cloud computing to create an
attractive off-site storage solution with little hardware requirements for any business of
any size.
✔✔Personal Cloud Storage - ✔✔A form of cloud storage that applies to storing an
individual's data in the cloud and providing the individual with access to the data from
anywhere.
✔✔Platform as a Service (PaaS) - ✔✔A way for customers to rent hardware, operating
systems, storage, and network capacity over the Internet from a cloud service provider.
✔✔Private Cloud Project - ✔✔Enable their IT infrastructure to become more capable of
quickly adapting to continually evolving business needs and requirements.
✔✔Private Cloud Storage - ✔✔A form of cloud storage where the enterprise data and
cloud storage resources both reside within the enterprise's data center and behind the
firewall.
✔✔Public Cloud Storage - ✔✔A form of cloud storage where the enterprise and storage
service provider are separate and the data is stored outside of the enterprise's data
center.
✔✔Software as a Service (SaaS) - ✔✔A distributed model where software applications
are hosted by a vendor or cloud service provider and made available to customers over
network resources.
✔✔Storage Cloud - ✔✔The collection of multiple distributed and connected resources
responsible for storing and managing data online in the cloud.
✔✔TCI Reference Architecture - ✔✔A methodology and a set of tools that enables
security professionals to leverage a common set of solutions that fulfill their common
needs to be able to assess where their internal IT and their cloud providers are in terms
ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔Cloud Portability - ✔✔The ability to move applications and its associated data
between one cloud provider and another — or between public and private cloud
environments.
✔✔Cloud Provider - ✔✔A service provider who offers customers storage or software
solutions available via a public network, usually the Internet.
✔✔Cloud Provisioning - ✔✔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 - ✔✔A type of hosting in which hosting services are made
available to customers on demand via the Internet. Rather than being 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) - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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.
✔✔Desktop-as-a-service - ✔✔A form of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) in which the
VDI is outsourced and handled by a third party.
✔✔Enterprise Application - ✔✔The term used to describe applications — or software —
that a business would use to assist the organization in solving enterprise problems.
✔✔Eucalyptus - ✔✔An open source cloud computing and Infrastructure as a Service
(IaaS) platform for enabling private clouds.
✔✔FIPS 140-2 - ✔✔Primary goal is to accredit and distinguish secure and well-
architected cryptographic modules produced by private sector vendors who seek to
have their solutions and services certified for use in regulated industries that collect,
store, transfer, or share data that is deemed to be "sensitive" but not classified.
, ✔✔Hybrid Cloud Storage - ✔✔A combination of public cloud storage and private cloud
storage where some critical data resides in the enterprise's private cloud while other
data is stored and accessible from a public cloud storage provider.
✔✔Mobile Cloud Storage - ✔✔A form of cloud storage that applies to storing an
individual's mobile device data in the cloud and providing the individual with access to
the data from anywhere.
✔✔NIST SP 800-53 - ✔✔Its primary goal and objective is to ensure that appropriate
security requirements and security controls are applied to all U.S. Federal Government
information and information management systems.
✔✔Online Backup - ✔✔Leverages the Internet and cloud computing to create an
attractive off-site storage solution with little hardware requirements for any business of
any size.
✔✔Personal Cloud Storage - ✔✔A form of cloud storage that applies to storing an
individual's data in the cloud and providing the individual with access to the data from
anywhere.
✔✔Platform as a Service (PaaS) - ✔✔A way for customers to rent hardware, operating
systems, storage, and network capacity over the Internet from a cloud service provider.
✔✔Private Cloud Project - ✔✔Enable their IT infrastructure to become more capable of
quickly adapting to continually evolving business needs and requirements.
✔✔Private Cloud Storage - ✔✔A form of cloud storage where the enterprise data and
cloud storage resources both reside within the enterprise's data center and behind the
firewall.
✔✔Public Cloud Storage - ✔✔A form of cloud storage where the enterprise and storage
service provider are separate and the data is stored outside of the enterprise's data
center.
✔✔Software as a Service (SaaS) - ✔✔A distributed model where software applications
are hosted by a vendor or cloud service provider and made available to customers over
network resources.
✔✔Storage Cloud - ✔✔The collection of multiple distributed and connected resources
responsible for storing and managing data online in the cloud.
✔✔TCI Reference Architecture - ✔✔A methodology and a set of tools that enables
security professionals to leverage a common set of solutions that fulfill their common
needs to be able to assess where their internal IT and their cloud providers are in terms
