What should be included in the documentation of risk findings?

The names of all employees involved in the assessment

A description of the risk, its likelihood, impact, and recommended actions

Only the risks that have been fully mitigated

The cloud provider's financial statements

After completing a cloud risk assessment, a security analyst documents the identified risks, their likelihood, impact, and recommended remediation actions. The analyst then presents the findings to management. What is the primary purpose of documenting and presenting these risk findings?

To provide management with the information needed to make informed decisions about risk treatment.

To automatically remediate all identified risks.

To satisfy regulatory compliance requirements for all cloud environments.

To assign blame for the identified risks to specific departments.

What is the goal of risk mitigation in cloud services?

To eliminate all possible risks

To transfer all risks to the cloud provider

To reduce the likelihood or impact of a risk to an acceptable level

To ignore risks that are unlikely to occur

What is the primary characteristic of risk avoidance in cloud risk management?

Reducing the impact of the risk through controls

Eliminating the risk by not engaging in the activity that creates it

Shifting the risk to a third party

Documenting the risk and proceeding without action

CompTIACloud Essentials+

Domain 4Objective 1

Recognize Risk Management Concepts Related to Cloud Services. CLO-002 Practice Questions (Page 7)

Part of the Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Security for the Cloud domain, which accounts for 22% of the CLO-002 exam. CompTIA does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~6–9 in this domain), expect 2–2 from this objective — we provide 40 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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What should be included in the documentation of risk findings?
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After completing a cloud risk assessment, a security analyst documents the identified risks, their likelihood, impact, and recommended remediation actions. The analyst then presents the findings to management. What is the primary purpose of documenting and presenting these risk findings?
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What is the goal of risk mitigation in cloud services?
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35application · medium
A company is concerned about the financial impact of a potential data breach in its cloud environment. The company decides to purchase a cyber insurance policy that will cover costs related to breach response, legal fees, and customer notification. Which risk management strategy is the company applying?
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