A financial services company is planning to migrate its customer transaction processing system to a cloud-based IaaS platform. The CISO is developing a security framework for this migration and needs to address shared responsibility concerns. Which of the following BEST describes the company's security responsibilities in this IaaS deployment model?
The customer is responsible for identity management and data classification, while the cloud provider is responsible for operating system patches, application security, and physical infrastructure security.
The cloud provider is responsible for operating system updates, virtualization layer, network security, and physical security, while the customer is responsible for application security and data encryption.
The customer is responsible for operating system patches, application security, data protection, and identity management, while the cloud provider is responsible for physical security, virtualization security, and network infrastructure.
The cloud provider is responsible for data encryption, virtualization security, and network security, while the customer is responsible for application configuration, authentication mechanisms, and compliance monitoring.
In an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model, the shared responsibility principle dictates that the cloud provider secures the physical infrastructure, hardware, and virtualization layer, while customers remain responsible for everything they deploy on top of that infrastructure. This includes operating system security patches, application security, data protection, and identity management. The other answers incorrectly assign responsibilities that belong to the customer to the provider (such as OS patching, application security, or data encryption) which violates the standard shared responsibility model for IaaS deployments.
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