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Cloud Security and Compliance Questions

Focuses on designing, implementing, testing, and validating secure cloud environments across providers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure. Topics include Identity and Access Management, network security and segmentation, encryption strategies for data at rest and data in transit, secrets management, secure multi tenant design patterns, compliance frameworks and controls, common cloud misconfigurations, cloud native attack vectors, and approaches to penetration testing and security validation for cloud infrastructure and managed services. Candidates should be able to reason about secure architecture decisions, threat models, detection and response strategies, and how compliance requirements affect cloud design.

HardTechnical
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Design an authorized penetration test (red-team engagement) for a customer's cloud environment that includes IaaS, serverless functions, and managed database services. Define scope, rules of engagement (allowed/forbidden techniques), evidence collection and reporting requirements, and how to reconcile these with cloud provider penetration testing policies.
EasyBehavioral
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Describe a time you persuaded a skeptical security team or customer to adopt a cloud-managed security service (for example, managed WAF or DDoS protection). How did you present the technical trade-offs and what evidence or pilots did you use to reach a decision?
EasyTechnical
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A sales lead asks for a quick security posture overview for a POC running in a single AWS account. What are the top five misconfigurations you would check first, why each matters, and how you would present the findings and prioritized remediation to a non-technical stakeholder?
HardSystem Design
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Architect a cross-cloud (AWS + GCP) multi-tenant SaaS platform for financial services that requires strong tenant isolation, per-tenant encryption keys, and the ability to onboard customers into dedicated VPCs on request. Explain tenant onboarding, key separation (per-tenant KEKs/DEKs), network connectivity patterns, and billing/accounting considerations.
EasyTechnical
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A client with legacy on-prem databases wants to migrate to the cloud while preserving PCI compliance. Outline an incremental migration plan (phases) that reduces risk, keeps cardholder data protected, and preserves auditability during cutover.

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