In the context of cloud application security, what is the primary purpose of orchestration?

To isolate each application component in its own dedicated physical server

To encrypt all data in transit between application components

To provide a user interface for manually managing individual cloud resources

To automate the coordination and management of multiple IT components and services to execute a defined workflow

In a microservices architecture, how do services typically communicate with each other?

Using lightweight protocols such as HTTP/REST or asynchronous messaging.

By writing to a shared file system that all services access.

By sharing a common database to read and write data directly.

Through direct function calls within the same process.

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Comprehend and Apply the Specifics of Cloud Application Architecture CCSP Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the Cloud Application Security domain, which accounts for 16% of the CCSP exam. ISC2 does not publish an official question count, but from its 180-minute exam (~70–120 total, ~11–19 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 27 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 16–20

16foundation · easy
In the context of cloud application security, what is the primary purpose of orchestration?
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17foundation · medium
A financial services company exchanges structured documents with partners using XML-based web services. The security team is concerned about XML injection and other XML-specific attacks. Which security control is specifically designed to validate and filter XML traffic to prevent such attacks?
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18foundation · easy
In a microservices architecture, how do services typically communicate with each other?
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19foundation · easy
Which Kubernetes object provides stable network endpoints (IP address and DNS name) for a set of pods, enabling service discovery and load balancing?
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20foundation · easy
In a Kubernetes cluster, which component is responsible for maintaining the desired state of the cluster, such as ensuring the correct number of pod replicas are running?
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Comprehend and Apply the Specifics of Cloud Application Architecture CCSP Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

In the context of cloud application security, what is the primary purpose of orchestration?

A financial services company exchanges structured documents with partners using XML-based web services. The security team is concerned about XML injection and other XML-specific attacks. Which security control is specifically designed to validate and filter XML traffic to prevent such attacks?

In a microservices architecture, how do services typically communicate with each other?

Which Kubernetes object provides stable network endpoints (IP address and DNS name) for a set of pods, enabling service discovery and load balancing?

In a Kubernetes cluster, which component is responsible for maintaining the desired state of the cluster, such as ensuring the correct number of pod replicas are running?

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