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Cisco 350-701 Practice Test 55

Question 540

During a security incident tabletop exercise at Harbor Point Medical, engineers say that they resolved this finding: An FTD tunnel has healthy SAs but one internal subnet cannot reach the remote peer. Which result provides the STRONGEST acceptance evidence?

  1. Traffic from each approved subnet crosses the tunnel and unrelated networks stay blocked.
  2. The VPN remains established through NAT with reliable bidirectional protected flows.
  3. IKE establishes successfully and logs show compatible negotiated parameters.
  4. Negotiation succeeds with the current credential while the old PSK remains invalid.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Traffic from each approved subnet crosses the tunnel and unrelated networks stay blocked. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: An FTD tunnel has healthy SAs but one internal subnet cannot reach the remote peer. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Inspect routing, protected network selectors, access control, and NAT treatment for that subnet—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Harbor Point Medical.

Incorrect Answers

B:

The VPN remains established through NAT with reliable bidirectional protected flows. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A tunnel drops traffic only when behind a NAT device that changes the peer's translated address, usually addressed by Verify NAT traversal configuration and peer reachability for UDP-encapsulated IPsec. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Harbor Point Medical was resolved. The specific required evidence is: Traffic from each approved subnet crosses the tunnel and unrelated networks stay blocked.

C:

IKE establishes successfully and logs show compatible negotiated parameters. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An FTD site-to-site VPN shows no active IKE security association despite route reachability, usually addressed by Inspect IKE proposals, peer identity, authentication, and exchange logs before changing data-plane policy. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Harbor Point Medical was resolved. The specific required evidence is: Traffic from each approved subnet crosses the tunnel and unrelated networks stay blocked.

D:

Negotiation succeeds with the current credential while the old PSK remains invalid. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: Site-to-site VPN negotiation repeatedly fails just after a PSK rotation, usually addressed by Check secure peer key agreement and effective authentication profile on both sides. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Harbor Point Medical was resolved. The specific required evidence is: Traffic from each approved subnet crosses the tunnel and unrelated networks stay blocked.

Question 541

At Horizon Energy Services, during a cross-team security policy review, the security team is examining remote workforce and operational IT. The finding is: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. Which action BEST addresses this specific security issue?

  1. Define workload-specific customer and provider responsibility for resilience, encryption, and recovery.
  2. Distinguish provider-controlled PaaS infrastructure from customer-managed code, identity, data, and configuration.
  3. Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities.
  4. Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model. This directly addresses the documented failure: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. For the Horizon Energy Services environment, the measurable success condition is: A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure. This control targets the specific failure rather than merely changing an unrelated security setting.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Define workload-specific customer and provider responsibility for resilience, encryption, and recovery. That action fits another problem: An organization has multiple public cloud accounts but cannot determine who owns backup recovery for each workload. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Horizon Energy Services: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model.

B:

Distinguish provider-controlled PaaS infrastructure from customer-managed code, identity, data, and configuration. That action fits another problem: A team deploys a managed platform runtime but takes responsibility for host hypervisor maintenance it cannot control. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Horizon Energy Services: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model.

C:

Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities. That action fits another problem: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Horizon Energy Services: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model.

Question 542

At Horizon Energy Services, a team reports that it corrected the following problem affecting remote workforce and operational IT: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. Which observation BEST verifies that the correction actually worked?

  1. An ownership review identifies each control and a backup recovery rehearsal meets the documented objective.
  2. A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure.
  3. The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned.
  4. A control map reflects correct PaaS ownership and tests the customer's application controls.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Horizon Energy Services.

Incorrect Answers

A:

An ownership review identifies each control and a backup recovery rehearsal meets the documented objective. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An organization has multiple public cloud accounts but cannot determine who owns backup recovery for each workload, usually addressed by Define workload-specific customer and provider responsibility for resilience, encryption, and recovery. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Horizon Energy Services was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure.

C:

The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems, usually addressed by Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Horizon Energy Services was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure.

D:

A control map reflects correct PaaS ownership and tests the customer's application controls. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A team deploys a managed platform runtime but takes responsibility for host hypervisor maintenance it cannot control, usually addressed by Distinguish provider-controlled PaaS infrastructure from customer-managed code, identity, data, and configuration. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Horizon Energy Services was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure.

Question 543

A security engineer at Newbridge Charity reviews donation applications and volunteer accounts as part of a planned service expansion. The observed problem is: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. What is the BEST corrective action?

  1. Document customer accountability for data classification, lawful processing, and chosen configurations.
  2. Define workload-specific customer and provider responsibility for resilience, encryption, and recovery.
  3. Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model.
  4. Enforce customer-owned access controls, encryption choices, and bucket exposure policies.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model. This directly addresses the documented failure: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. For the Newbridge Charity environment, the measurable success condition is: A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure. This control targets the specific failure rather than merely changing an unrelated security setting.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Document customer accountability for data classification, lawful processing, and chosen configurations. That action fits another problem: A migration project claims purchasing cloud service automatically transfers regulatory accountability to the vendor. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Newbridge Charity: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model.

B:

Define workload-specific customer and provider responsibility for resilience, encryption, and recovery. That action fits another problem: An organization has multiple public cloud accounts but cannot determine who owns backup recovery for each workload. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Newbridge Charity: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model.

D:

Enforce customer-owned access controls, encryption choices, and bucket exposure policies. That action fits another problem: A cloud administrator believes the provider's physical security eliminates the need to restrict object-storage policies. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Newbridge Charity: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model.

Question 544

During a planned service expansion at Newbridge Charity, engineers say that they resolved this finding: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. Which result provides the STRONGEST acceptance evidence?

  1. An ownership review identifies each control and a backup recovery rehearsal meets the documented objective.
  2. An audit traces required safeguards to named customer and service-provider evidence owners.
  3. A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure.
  4. An unauthorized principal cannot read the data even though the underlying storage service is managed.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Newbridge Charity.

Incorrect Answers

A:

An ownership review identifies each control and a backup recovery rehearsal meets the documented objective. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An organization has multiple public cloud accounts but cannot determine who owns backup recovery for each workload, usually addressed by Define workload-specific customer and provider responsibility for resilience, encryption, and recovery. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Newbridge Charity was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure.

B:

An audit traces required safeguards to named customer and service-provider evidence owners. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A migration project claims purchasing cloud service automatically transfers regulatory accountability to the vendor, usually addressed by Document customer accountability for data classification, lawful processing, and chosen configurations. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Newbridge Charity was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure.

D:

An unauthorized principal cannot read the data even though the underlying storage service is managed. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A cloud administrator believes the provider's physical security eliminates the need to restrict object-storage policies, usually addressed by Enforce customer-owned access controls, encryption choices, and bucket exposure policies. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Newbridge Charity was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure.

Question 545

At Harbor Point Medical, during a privileged access assessment, the security team is examining clinical applications and enterprise endpoints. The finding is: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. Which action BEST addresses this specific security issue?

  1. Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities.
  2. Define workload-specific customer and provider responsibility for resilience, encryption, and recovery.
  3. Document customer accountability for data classification, lawful processing, and chosen configurations.
  4. Distinguish provider-controlled PaaS infrastructure from customer-managed code, identity, data, and configuration.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities. This directly addresses the documented failure: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. For the Harbor Point Medical environment, the measurable success condition is: The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned. This control targets the specific failure rather than merely changing an unrelated security setting.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Define workload-specific customer and provider responsibility for resilience, encryption, and recovery. That action fits another problem: An organization has multiple public cloud accounts but cannot determine who owns backup recovery for each workload. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Harbor Point Medical: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities.

C:

Document customer accountability for data classification, lawful processing, and chosen configurations. That action fits another problem: A migration project claims purchasing cloud service automatically transfers regulatory accountability to the vendor. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Harbor Point Medical: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities.

D:

Distinguish provider-controlled PaaS infrastructure from customer-managed code, identity, data, and configuration. That action fits another problem: A team deploys a managed platform runtime but takes responsibility for host hypervisor maintenance it cannot control. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Harbor Point Medical: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities.

Question 546

At Harbor Point Medical, a team reports that it corrected the following problem affecting clinical applications and enterprise endpoints: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. Which observation BEST verifies that the correction actually worked?

  1. A control map reflects correct PaaS ownership and tests the customer's application controls.
  2. An ownership review identifies each control and a backup recovery rehearsal meets the documented objective.
  3. The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned.
  4. An audit traces required safeguards to named customer and service-provider evidence owners.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Harbor Point Medical.

Incorrect Answers

A:

A control map reflects correct PaaS ownership and tests the customer's application controls. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A team deploys a managed platform runtime but takes responsibility for host hypervisor maintenance it cannot control, usually addressed by Distinguish provider-controlled PaaS infrastructure from customer-managed code, identity, data, and configuration. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Harbor Point Medical was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned.

B:

An ownership review identifies each control and a backup recovery rehearsal meets the documented objective. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An organization has multiple public cloud accounts but cannot determine who owns backup recovery for each workload, usually addressed by Define workload-specific customer and provider responsibility for resilience, encryption, and recovery. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Harbor Point Medical was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned.

D:

An audit traces required safeguards to named customer and service-provider evidence owners. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A migration project claims purchasing cloud service automatically transfers regulatory accountability to the vendor, usually addressed by Document customer accountability for data classification, lawful processing, and chosen configurations. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Harbor Point Medical was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned.

Question 547

A security engineer at Clearbrook University reviews campus connectivity and enrollment services as part of a cross-team security policy review. The observed problem is: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. What is the BEST corrective action?

  1. Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities.
  2. Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model.
  3. Enforce customer-owned access controls, encryption choices, and bucket exposure policies.
  4. Document customer accountability for data classification, lawful processing, and chosen configurations.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities. This directly addresses the documented failure: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. For the Clearbrook University environment, the measurable success condition is: The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned. This control targets the specific failure rather than merely changing an unrelated security setting.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model. That action fits another problem: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Clearbrook University: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities.

C:

Enforce customer-owned access controls, encryption choices, and bucket exposure policies. That action fits another problem: A cloud administrator believes the provider's physical security eliminates the need to restrict object-storage policies. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Clearbrook University: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities.

D:

Document customer accountability for data classification, lawful processing, and chosen configurations. That action fits another problem: A migration project claims purchasing cloud service automatically transfers regulatory accountability to the vendor. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Clearbrook University: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities.

Question 548

During a cross-team security policy review at Clearbrook University, engineers say that they resolved this finding: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. Which result provides the STRONGEST acceptance evidence?

  1. An audit traces required safeguards to named customer and service-provider evidence owners.
  2. A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure.
  3. An unauthorized principal cannot read the data even though the underlying storage service is managed.
  4. The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: A virtual machine owner assumes the IaaS provider patches guest operating systems. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Keep guest OS hardening, patching, and application security under the customer's IaaS responsibilities—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Clearbrook University.

Incorrect Answers

A:

An audit traces required safeguards to named customer and service-provider evidence owners. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A migration project claims purchasing cloud service automatically transfers regulatory accountability to the vendor, usually addressed by Document customer accountability for data classification, lawful processing, and chosen configurations. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Clearbrook University was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned.

B:

A responsibility matrix shows customer-owned access controls tested independently of provider infrastructure. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A SaaS company assumes the cloud vendor owns employee account access and fails to manage privileged tenant identities, usually addressed by Assign tenant identity configuration and access policy to the customer within the SaaS shared responsibility model. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Clearbrook University was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned.

C:

An unauthorized principal cannot read the data even though the underlying storage service is managed. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A cloud administrator believes the provider's physical security eliminates the need to restrict object-storage policies, usually addressed by Enforce customer-owned access controls, encryption choices, and bucket exposure policies. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Clearbrook University was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The VM patch record shows approved guest updates while provider-owned hardware remains separately assigned.

Question 549

At Oceanview Payments, during an application modernization project, the security team is examining regulated payments and credentialed access. The finding is: A team deploys a managed platform runtime but takes responsibility for host hypervisor maintenance it cannot control. Which action BEST addresses this specific security issue?

  1. Define workload-specific customer and provider responsibility for resilience, encryption, and recovery.
  2. Document customer accountability for data classification, lawful processing, and chosen configurations.
  3. Distinguish provider-controlled PaaS infrastructure from customer-managed code, identity, data, and configuration.
  4. Enforce customer-owned access controls, encryption choices, and bucket exposure policies.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Distinguish provider-controlled PaaS infrastructure from customer-managed code, identity, data, and configuration. This directly addresses the documented failure: A team deploys a managed platform runtime but takes responsibility for host hypervisor maintenance it cannot control. For the Oceanview Payments environment, the measurable success condition is: A control map reflects correct PaaS ownership and tests the customer's application controls. This control targets the specific failure rather than merely changing an unrelated security setting.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Define workload-specific customer and provider responsibility for resilience, encryption, and recovery. That action fits another problem: An organization has multiple public cloud accounts but cannot determine who owns backup recovery for each workload. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Oceanview Payments: A team deploys a managed platform runtime but takes responsibility for host hypervisor maintenance it cannot control. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Distinguish provider-controlled PaaS infrastructure from customer-managed code, identity, data, and configuration.

B:

Document customer accountability for data classification, lawful processing, and chosen configurations. That action fits another problem: A migration project claims purchasing cloud service automatically transfers regulatory accountability to the vendor. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Oceanview Payments: A team deploys a managed platform runtime but takes responsibility for host hypervisor maintenance it cannot control. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Distinguish provider-controlled PaaS infrastructure from customer-managed code, identity, data, and configuration.

D:

Enforce customer-owned access controls, encryption choices, and bucket exposure policies. That action fits another problem: A cloud administrator believes the provider's physical security eliminates the need to restrict object-storage policies. It does not directly remediate the current finding at Oceanview Payments: A team deploys a managed platform runtime but takes responsibility for host hypervisor maintenance it cannot control. The relevant corrective control for this case is: Distinguish provider-controlled PaaS infrastructure from customer-managed code, identity, data, and configuration.

Question 550

At Oceanview Payments, a team reports that it corrected the following problem affecting regulated payments and credentialed access: A team deploys a managed platform runtime but takes responsibility for host hypervisor maintenance it cannot control. Which observation BEST verifies that the correction actually worked?

  1. An ownership review identifies each control and a backup recovery rehearsal meets the documented objective.
  2. An audit traces required safeguards to named customer and service-provider evidence owners.
  3. A control map reflects correct PaaS ownership and tests the customer's application controls.
  4. An unauthorized principal cannot read the data even though the underlying storage service is managed.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

A control map reflects correct PaaS ownership and tests the customer's application controls. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: A team deploys a managed platform runtime but takes responsibility for host hypervisor maintenance it cannot control. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Distinguish provider-controlled PaaS infrastructure from customer-managed code, identity, data, and configuration—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Oceanview Payments.

Incorrect Answers

A:

An ownership review identifies each control and a backup recovery rehearsal meets the documented objective. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An organization has multiple public cloud accounts but cannot determine who owns backup recovery for each workload, usually addressed by Define workload-specific customer and provider responsibility for resilience, encryption, and recovery. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Oceanview Payments was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A control map reflects correct PaaS ownership and tests the customer's application controls.

B:

An audit traces required safeguards to named customer and service-provider evidence owners. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A migration project claims purchasing cloud service automatically transfers regulatory accountability to the vendor, usually addressed by Document customer accountability for data classification, lawful processing, and chosen configurations. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Oceanview Payments was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A control map reflects correct PaaS ownership and tests the customer's application controls.

D:

An unauthorized principal cannot read the data even though the underlying storage service is managed. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A cloud administrator believes the provider's physical security eliminates the need to restrict object-storage policies, usually addressed by Enforce customer-owned access controls, encryption choices, and bucket exposure policies. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Oceanview Payments was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A control map reflects correct PaaS ownership and tests the customer's application controls.