What is a key security characteristic of serverless computing functions?

They can run indefinitely without timeout

They have persistent storage attached by default

They run on dedicated hardware for each function

They are short-lived and may be terminated at any time

What is the primary goal of privileged access management (PAM) in a cloud environment?

To automatically patch all cloud resources

To provide a backup of all cloud data

To control and monitor access to administrative accounts and sensitive operations

To encrypt all data at rest and in transit

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Domain 1Objective 3

Understand Security Concepts Relevant to Cloud Computing CCSP Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Cloud Concepts, Architecture and Design domain, which accounts for 17% of the CCSP exam. ISC2 does not publish an official question count, but from its 180-minute exam (~70–120 total, ~12–20 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 56 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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20concepts

17%of the exam

20 Concepts in This Objective

Cryptography fundamentals
Key management in the cloud
Identity and access management (IAM)
Privileged access management
Service and workload access
Data sanitization methods
Media lifecycle management
Network security controls
Traffic inspection and monitoring
Geofencing and geographic restrictions
Hypervisor security
Container security
Ephemeral computing and serverless security
Virtualization isolation
Common cloud threats
Threat modeling and risk assessment
Patching and vulnerability management
Baselining and configuration management
Immutable architecture
System hardening

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What is a key security characteristic of serverless computing functions?
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What is the primary goal of privileged access management (PAM) in a cloud environment?
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Which common cloud threat involves unauthorized access to sensitive data stored in the cloud?
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Which principle ensures that users are granted only the permissions necessary to perform their job functions?
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What type of identity is used by an application or service to authenticate to cloud resources without representing a human user?
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Understand Security Concepts Relevant to Cloud Computing CCSP Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

What is a key security characteristic of serverless computing functions?

What is the primary goal of privileged access management (PAM) in a cloud environment?

Which common cloud threat involves unauthorized access to sensitive data stored in the cloud?

Which principle ensures that users are granted only the permissions necessary to perform their job functions?

What type of identity is used by an application or service to authenticate to cloud resources without representing a human user?

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