WGU D320 - MANAGING CLOUD SECURITY | QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | LATEST VERSION |
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
• What are the phases of the Data Life Cycle? -✓✓ What process do these ordered
steps constitute?
1. Create
2. Store
3. Use
4. Share
5. Archive
6. Destroy
• Who is responsible for data Categorization and Classification during the Creation
Phase? -✓✓ What is the primary responsibility of the Data Owner
• What is the preferred upload method to the Cloud during the Store Phase? -✓✓
What are IPSec and TLS 1.2 (or higher version) VPNs used for?
• What is the recommended "Don't" of crypto key storage? -✓✓ Do not store
crypto keys with the cloud provider whether or not the cloud customer chooses to
use a CASB.
• What do Regulators do? -✓✓ Who arranges Cloud Services?
• What is the role of Transference in addressing risks? -✓✓ What is one of the
main methods of addressing risks?
,• what does Critique fall under for copyrighted material? -✓✓ What is the "fair-
use" exception for copyrighted material?
• What is Anonymization in terms of cloud storage? -✓✓ What is the technique
used to obscure data stored in the cloud?
• What 3 risks are associated with IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)? -✓✓ What
Cloud Service Model is associated with the following risks?
1. Personnel Threats
2. External Threats
3. Lack of Specific Skillsets
• What 4 risks are associated with PaaS (Platform as a Service)? -✓✓ What Cloud
Service Model is associated with the following risks?
1. Interoperability Issues
2. Persistent Backdoors
3. Virtualization
4. Resource Sharing
• What 3 risks are associated with SaaS (Software as a Service)? -✓✓ What Cloud
Service Model is associated with the following risks?
1. Proprietary Formats
, 2. Virtualization
3. Web Application Security
• What kind of concern do New Dependencies introduce? -✓✓ What is a potential
emergent business impact analysis (BIA) Concern?
• What are the three kinds of Audits? -✓✓ What are these forms of?
1. Internal
2. External
3. Audit Preparation
• Who performs Internal Audits? -✓✓ What kind of audit is performed by
employees of the organization?
• Who performs External Audits? -✓✓ What kind of audit is performed by
individuals outside of the organization?
• What is Audit Preparation? -✓✓ What discusses and negotiates parameters of an
audit prior to its start?
• What are the type of SOC Reports? -✓✓ What are the following items types of?
1. SOC 1
2. SOC 2
3. SOC 3
AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | LATEST VERSION |
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
• What are the phases of the Data Life Cycle? -✓✓ What process do these ordered
steps constitute?
1. Create
2. Store
3. Use
4. Share
5. Archive
6. Destroy
• Who is responsible for data Categorization and Classification during the Creation
Phase? -✓✓ What is the primary responsibility of the Data Owner
• What is the preferred upload method to the Cloud during the Store Phase? -✓✓
What are IPSec and TLS 1.2 (or higher version) VPNs used for?
• What is the recommended "Don't" of crypto key storage? -✓✓ Do not store
crypto keys with the cloud provider whether or not the cloud customer chooses to
use a CASB.
• What do Regulators do? -✓✓ Who arranges Cloud Services?
• What is the role of Transference in addressing risks? -✓✓ What is one of the
main methods of addressing risks?
,• what does Critique fall under for copyrighted material? -✓✓ What is the "fair-
use" exception for copyrighted material?
• What is Anonymization in terms of cloud storage? -✓✓ What is the technique
used to obscure data stored in the cloud?
• What 3 risks are associated with IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)? -✓✓ What
Cloud Service Model is associated with the following risks?
1. Personnel Threats
2. External Threats
3. Lack of Specific Skillsets
• What 4 risks are associated with PaaS (Platform as a Service)? -✓✓ What Cloud
Service Model is associated with the following risks?
1. Interoperability Issues
2. Persistent Backdoors
3. Virtualization
4. Resource Sharing
• What 3 risks are associated with SaaS (Software as a Service)? -✓✓ What Cloud
Service Model is associated with the following risks?
1. Proprietary Formats
, 2. Virtualization
3. Web Application Security
• What kind of concern do New Dependencies introduce? -✓✓ What is a potential
emergent business impact analysis (BIA) Concern?
• What are the three kinds of Audits? -✓✓ What are these forms of?
1. Internal
2. External
3. Audit Preparation
• Who performs Internal Audits? -✓✓ What kind of audit is performed by
employees of the organization?
• Who performs External Audits? -✓✓ What kind of audit is performed by
individuals outside of the organization?
• What is Audit Preparation? -✓✓ What discusses and negotiates parameters of an
audit prior to its start?
• What are the type of SOC Reports? -✓✓ What are the following items types of?
1. SOC 1
2. SOC 2
3. SOC 3
