A company's legal and accounting teams have decided it would be more cost-effective to offload the risks of data storage to a third party. The IT management team has decided to implement a cloud model and has asked the security team for recommendations.
Which of the following will allow all data to be kept on the third-party network?
Correct Answer: C
The questions isn't asking which cloud model is to be used. It's asking which of the following choices will ALLOW (give permission, authorization, unhindered access) to keep ALL DATA (could be PII or other sensitive data) on THIRD-PARTY NETWORK (Cloud Service Provider's Network). Assuming the IT Management team has chosen SaaS as their cloud model, this doesn't mention how the data will be monitored, secured and other requirements to ensure the company is within compliance. What if the cloud provider is located in a location that doesn't allow specific data to be stored in that location? With a CASB deployed either locally or within the cloud the security team would be able to ensure policies are still enforced, monitor user activity, maintain logs, etc. This means if you are in the US and for reasons you have data that contains PII on a citizen from another country that doesn't allow the US to maintain or collect that data, the CASB would be able to prevent that data from being stored. Staying in compliance and providing proper threat management allows all data to be kept on a third part network.