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A cloud provider's shared responsibility model on IaaS typically states that:

AThe provider secures the underlying physical infrastructure, hypervisor, and host hardware; the customer secures the guest OS, applications, data, and identity configuration
BThe customer must build and operate the datacentre themselves
CNeither side is responsible for security
DThe provider is responsible for everything end-to-end including the customer's app code
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The provider secures the underlying physical infrastructure, hypervisor, and host hardware; the customer secures the guest OS, applications, data, and identity configuration
Standard IaaS responsibility split: provider owns the metal + hypervisor; customer owns the VM stack above. End-to-end provider ownership only happens at SaaS. Self-built datacentre isn't IaaS. "No one" is never the answer.
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