Which of the following BEST describes the reason why traditional methods of addressing risk may not be possible in the cloud?

An organization is preparing to migrate its production environment systems from an on-premises environment to a cloud service. The lead security architect is concerned that the organization’s current methods for addressing risk may not be possible in the cloud environment.

Which of the following BEST describes the reason why traditional methods of addressing risk may not be possible in the cloud?
A . Migrating operations assumes the acceptance of all risk.
B . Cloud providers are unable to avoid risk.
C . Specific risks cannot be transferred to the cloud provider.
D . Risks to data in the cloud cannot be mitigated.

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Answer: C

Explanation:

Reference: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1303/1303.4814.pdf