A multinational corporation is planning to conduct a comprehensive security assessment of their infrastructure, which includes on-premises data centers in three countries, multiple SaaS applications, and a hybrid cloud deployment with workloads split between their private cloud and AWS. Which of the following approaches would BEST address the security assessment challenges across these diverse locations?
Outsource the assessment to different third-party vendors based on their expertise with each environment
Apply identical testing procedures across all environments to ensure consistency
Develop a unified assessment framework with location-specific testing protocols
Assess each location independently using separate teams and methodologies
The correct answer is to develop a unified assessment framework with location-specific testing protocols. This balanced approach ensures consistent security objectives while acknowledging the technical differences between environments.
A unified framework provides standardized security expectations across all environments, while location-specific testing addresses the unique characteristics of on-premises systems, cloud services, and hybrid deployments. This allows for consistent security principles while properly evaluating the different security controls and compliance requirements specific to each environment type.
The other options fail because assessing locations independently creates inconsistency, using identical procedures ignores environment-specific risks, and outsourcing to different vendors doesn't establish a cohesive assessment strategy.
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