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How to answer 'How is production network architecture segmented?' on a CAIQ

I. Reviewer Guidance & Pitfalls

Explain Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) isolation, public vs private subnets, security groups / firewall rules denying all inbound by default, and NAT gateways.

II. Example Answer Passing Enterprise Audit

Compliant Response Sealed · IVS-01
Production infrastructure runs in dedicated VPCs segmented into public and private subnets; databases reside in isolated private subnets with no public internet ingress (SOC 2, CC6.6).

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