A cloud architect is preparing environments to develop a new application that will process sensitive data. The project team consists of one internal developer, two external consultants, and three testers. Which of the following is the most important security control for the cloud architect to consider implementing?

Which of the following communication methods between on-premises and cloud environments would ensure minimal-to-low latency and overhead?

A cloud service provider requires users to migrate to a new type of VM within three months. Which of the following is the best justification for this requirement?

An organization's internal security team mandated that public cloud resources must be accessible only by a corporate VPN and not by direct public internet access. Which of the following would achieve this objective?

A cloud engineer has provisioned a VM for a high-frequency trading application. After the VM is put into production, users report high latency in trades. The engineer checks the last six hours of VM metrics and sees the following:
* CPU utilization is between 30% to 60%.
* Networkln is between 50Kbps and 70Kbps.
* NetworkOut is between 3.000Kpbs and 5.000Kbps.
* DiskReadOps is at 30.
* DiskWriteOps is at 70
* Memory utilization is between 50% and 70%.
Which of the following steps should the engineer take next to solve the latency issue?