Several counties share a purpose-built cloud for mutual-aid GIS with shared governance among those agencies. Which deployment model applies?
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Short Explanation
Neighboring counties pool a special cloud for mutual-aid maps and set the rules together — that is community cloud. Same club, shared purpose. Public mega-cloud for everyone, or one county's private stack, are different models.
Full Explanation
Community cloud is shared by organizations with common concerns—mission, compliance, jurisdiction, or mutual aid—under joint governance rather than open global tenancy. Several counties sharing a purpose-built cloud for mutual-aid GIS with shared governance among those agencies matches the community cloud deployment model on CompTIA Cloud+. Public cloud marketed identically to every global consumer with no shared civic governance lacks the joint agency governance described in the stem. Private cloud owned and used by only one county with no partners is single-organization dedicated capacity, not a multi-county community. Shadow IT spreadsheets on personal phones are not a governed cloud platform and fail mutual-aid operational requirements. Exam caveat: community sits between public and private—shared infrastructure, but among a defined set of peer organizations with common requirements and governance. Operational check: establish joint governance, funding, and security baselines for the mutual-aid GIS cloud, define onboarding for member counties, clarify data ownership per layer and per incident, set access reviews, and rehearse mutual-aid data sharing during a scheduled exercise with after-action notes.