Exam CCAK topic 1 question 71 discussion

A. risk profile. The rapid and dynamic rate of changes in a cloud environment can significantly affect an organization's risk profile. As new services are deployed, configurations are altered, and workloads are shifted, the potential risks associated with security, compliance, and operational stability can change. This requires continuous monitoring and assessment to ensure that the organization's risk management strategies are aligned with the evolving cloud environment. Changes in the risk profile may necessitate updates to risk assessments and mitigation plans to address new vulnerabilities or threats introduced by the cloud environment's dynamic nature.

"Other considerations include how the rapid and dynamic rate of change in the cloud environment affects the risk posture of the cloud user. This consideration might raise questions about whether the cloud customer needs to change controls." Page 115

The answer to the question is A. The rapid and dynamic rate of changes found in a cloud environment affects the organization's risk profile. This information can be found on page 112 of the Certificate of Cloud Auditing Knowledge Study Guide. "The changes that an organization makes in cloud computing can drastically impact the IT department. Many of the impacts have a direct effect on the IT risk profile." This implies that the rapid and dynamic rate of changes found in a cloud environment would affect an organization's risk profile.

CCAK page 115 - the rapid and dynamic rate of change in the cloud environment affect theirs posture of the cloud user