Joe works as an IT administrator in an organization and has recently set up a cloud computing service for the organization. To implement this service, he reached out to a telecom company for providing Internet connectivity and transport services between the organization and the cloud service provider.
In the NIST cloud deployment reference architecture, under which category does the telecom company fall in the above scenario?
In the NIST cloud deployment reference architecture, a cloud carrier provides network connectivity and transport services. The telecom company in this scenario is responsible for providing Internet connectivity and transport services between the organization and the cloud service provider. Therefore, it falls under the category of a cloud carrier.
D. Cloud carrier. The NIST cloud deployment reference architecture consists of five categories: cloud consumer, cloud provider, cloud carrier, cloud auditor, and cloud broker. The cloud carrier category includes the entities that provide network connectivity and transport services, enabling customers to connect to cloud providers' services. In the given scenario, the telecom company provides Internet connectivity and transport services between the organization and the cloud service provider, making it a cloud carrier.
D. Cloud carrier
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D. Cloud carrier
Option C cloud auditor
Cloud carrier