A company runs a critical application in Azure that uses Azure SQL Database. The business continuity plan requires an RPO of 5 minutes and an RTO of 1 hour. The company wants to minimize cost. What should they implement?

Use active geo-replication with a secondary in a paired region and configure auto-failover group.

Use a read-only replica in the same region and failover manually.

Use Azure Site Recovery to replicate the VMs hosting the SQL Database.

Use Azure Backup for Azure SQL Database with a 5-minute RPO.

A company is performing a business impact analysis to prioritize its systems for ransomware protection. They have identified the following systems: a customer-facing web application, an internal HR system, a file share with marketing materials, and a legacy accounting system. The company's primary business goal is to maintain customer trust and revenue. Which system should be given the highest priority for a low RTO?

File share with marketing materials

Customer-facing web application

A company is designing a ransomware mitigation strategy. They want to ensure that if ransomware encrypts their on-premises file servers, they can restore the data quickly. They also want to prevent the backup data from being encrypted by ransomware. What should they implement?

Use Windows Server Backup to an external hard drive.

Use a third-party backup solution that stores backups on a network share.

Use Azure Site Recovery to replicate on-premises file servers to Azure.

Use Azure Backup for on-premises file servers and store backups in an immutable Azure storage account.

A security architect is defining business resiliency goals for an organization. Which activity is the primary purpose of identifying and prioritizing threats to business-critical assets?

To satisfy regulatory compliance requirements for risk assessments

To eliminate all possible threats to the organization's assets

To ensure that all assets receive the same level of security control regardless of their criticality

To determine which assets require the most immediate and comprehensive protection investments

What is the primary benefit of implementing immutable storage for backups in a hybrid or multicloud environment?

It reduces the storage cost of backups

It accelerates the backup process

It prevents backup data from being modified or deleted until the retention period expires

It automatically replicates backups to multiple regions

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A company runs a critical application in Azure that uses Azure SQL Database. The business continuity plan requires an RPO of 5 minutes and an RTO of 1 hour. The company wants to minimize cost. What should they implement?
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A company is performing a business impact analysis to prioritize its systems for ransomware protection. They have identified the following systems: a customer-facing web application, an internal HR system, a file share with marketing materials, and a legacy accounting system. The company's primary business goal is to maintain customer trust and revenue. Which system should be given the highest priority for a low RTO?
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A company is designing a ransomware mitigation strategy. They want to ensure that if ransomware encrypts their on-premises file servers, they can restore the data quickly. They also want to prevent the backup data from being encrypted by ransomware. What should they implement?
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A security architect is defining business resiliency goals for an organization. Which activity is the primary purpose of identifying and prioritizing threats to business-critical assets?
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