A company is choosing a cloud provider for a new application. They want to use a specific open-source monitoring tool that is not available in the provider's marketplace. What should they do?

Abandon the tool and use the provider's native monitoring service

Check if the tool can be installed manually on virtual machines or containers

Ask the provider to add the tool to their marketplace

Choose a different provider that has the tool in its marketplace

A company is planning to migrate to the cloud and wants to use a specific third-party security tool that integrates with their existing on-premises environment. They are evaluating cloud providers. What should they prioritize?

The provider's global reach in terms of data center locations

The provider's pricing for virtual machines

The provider's marketplace and API compatibility with the security tool

A company is evaluating a cloud provider's SLA for a critical application. The SLA guarantees 99.9% monthly uptime. The company's business impact analysis shows that 1 hour of downtime per month is acceptable. What is the best way to evaluate this SLA?

Accept the SLA only if the provider offers a high service credit percentage

Reject the SLA because 99.9% uptime is not high enough for any critical application

Reject the SLA because it does not guarantee performance metrics like latency

Accept the SLA because 99.9% uptime allows about 43 minutes of downtime, which is within the 1-hour tolerance

Why is it important to analyze a cloud provider's SLA before signing a contract?

To guarantee that the provider will never change its pricing model

To ensure that the provider will provide unlimited technical support at no extra cost

To determine the exact physical location of every server in the provider's data centers

To understand the provider's commitments to uptime and support, which affect business continuity

EC-CouncilCloud Security Essentials

Domain 1Objective 3

Evaluating Cloud Service Providers CSE Practice Questions (Page 10)

Part of the Cloud Computing and Security Fundamentals domain, which makes up ~12% of our current practice bank.

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11free pages

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10 Concepts in This Objective

CSP evaluation criteria
Security assessment of CSPs
Compliance and regulatory considerations
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Vendor lock-in and portability
Cost and pricing models
Performance and reliability
Data residency and sovereignty
Support and customer service
Ecosystem and integrations

Questions 46–50

46application · medium
A company is choosing a cloud provider for a new application. They want to use a specific open-source monitoring tool that is not available in the provider's marketplace. What should they do?
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47application · medium
A company is planning to migrate to the cloud and wants to use a specific third-party security tool that integrates with their existing on-premises environment. They are evaluating cloud providers. What should they prioritize?
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48foundation · easy
Which of the following is a performance metric that measures the time it takes for a request to travel from the client to the cloud service and back?
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49application · medium
A company is evaluating a cloud provider's SLA for a critical application. The SLA guarantees 99.9% monthly uptime. The company's business impact analysis shows that 1 hour of downtime per month is acceptable. What is the best way to evaluate this SLA?
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50foundation · easy
Why is it important to analyze a cloud provider's SLA before signing a contract?
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