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Which service model, under the NIST definition, lets a consumer run arbitrary software including operating systems and sometimes control select networking components such as a host firewall?

  1. Infrastructure as a service.
  2. Community cloud.
  3. Software as a service.
  4. Platform as a service.
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Answer: A. Infrastructure as a service.

Infrastructure as a service provides processing, storage and networks on which the consumer deploys arbitrary software, controlling operating systems, storage, applications and sometimes select network components.

Source: NIST SP 800-145 (NIST) — SP 800-145 > Service Models

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