Cloud Security Architecture Questions

Designing security architecture for cloud platforms and services with an emphasis on defense in depth and secure system design. Candidates should be able to design network segmentation and isolation using virtual networks, subnets, security groups, and private endpoints, secure connectivity between on premises and cloud environments, and apply zero trust and microsegmentation principles. Coverage includes workload protection and runtime security for containers and serverless workloads, encryption and key management across data in transit and data at rest, infrastructure as code security and automated scanning, secure service configuration, integration of identity and access controls into architecture, logging and monitoring design for detection and response, threat modeling and secure design patterns, compliance and audit considerations, and trade offs when choosing managed services versus self managed deployments. Interview questions focus on architecture level decisions, justification of trade offs, threat modeling, and designing secure deployment pipelines and operational controls.