ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Practice Question
A cloud service provider is preparing to deploy a critical hypervisor patch across its multi-tenant IaaS platform. The release manager's main objectives are to minimize service disruption for customers, validate the patch under real production loads, and preserve the ability to roll back rapidly if unexpected issues arise. Which release strategy aligns best with these goals and with ITIL-aligned release management practices for cloud environments?
Phased canary release that patches a small subset of hosts first and gradually expands after monitoring
Immediate hot-fix deployment to all hosts during peak usage hours to shorten exposure time
Big-bang release that updates all hypervisor hosts simultaneously during a scheduled maintenance window
Service sunsetting to decommission the current hypervisor version without staged rollout
A canary (phased) release introduces the new version to a small, representative subset of production resources while the majority continue running the current version. This limits potential impact, provides real-world validation feedback, and allows an immediate rollback by diverting traffic back to the unchanged hosts if problems occur. A big-bang or "flash-cut" release updates everything at once, creating higher risk and limited rollback options. Applying hot fixes during peak hours contradicts release-management guidance to reduce user impact and should be avoided unless absolutely necessary. Sunsetting is the planned retirement of a service or component, not a strategy for deploying new patches.
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