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CompTIA Cloud+ CV0-004 · Domain 4: Security

Zero trust and segmentation for cloud workloads

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Traditional network security assumed that everything inside the corporate perimeter could be trusted. Once an attacker got inside, often through one phished laptop, they could move freely. In the cloud the perimeter barely exists: users work from anywhere, services call each other across accounts and providers, and SaaS applications live outside your network entirely.

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