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Cloud Computing · Foundational

Community Cloud

Deployment model where infrastructure is shared by several organizations with common concerns such as mission or compliance.

Definition

A community cloud is provisioned for exclusive use by a specific community of consumers from organizations with shared concerns such as security requirements, policy or compliance. It may be owned and operated by one or more of the organizations, a third party, or both.

Example

Several state agencies share a cloud built to meet the same government compliance requirements.

Exam tip

Government regions such as AWS GovCloud are often cited as community cloud examples.

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