An organization is integrating its on-premises data center with a public cloud provider to create a hybrid cloud. Before any production traffic is allowed to traverse the new site-to-site VPN, the security team performs a risk assessment. Which consideration should receive the highest priority at this stage?
Protecting data in transit by enforcing encrypted, authenticated channels between the environments.
Estimating the long-term operational cost of duplicated security tooling.
Aligning identity and access management role naming conventions across cloud and on-prem directories.
Measuring the additional network latency introduced by replication traffic.
The very first exposure created by a hybrid cloud rollout is the network path that connects the two environments. If that link is not protected with strong encryption and mutual authentication, any data that crosses it can be intercepted, altered, or replayed. Other concerns-such as aligning identity and access controls, tracking costs, or measuring latency-remain important but can be addressed only after the confidentiality and integrity of in-transit data are assured.
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