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An organisation leases space with power, telecommunications connections and environmental controls but no system hardware. Which alternate site type is this?
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Answer: C. Cold site
SP 800-34r1 defines a cold site as an alternate facility providing only the space and infrastructure — electrical connections, telecommunications connections, environmental controls — needed to support a system, without system hardware.
Source: NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1 (NIST) — Sec. 3.4.3 Alternate Sites