Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

An organization is deploying a new, online digital bank and needs to ensure availability and performance.

The cloud-based architecture is deployed using PaaS and SaaS solutions, and it was designed with the following considerations:

– Protection from DoS attacks against its infrastructure and web applications is in place.

– Highly available and distributed DNS is implemented.

– Static content is cached in the CDN.

– A WAF is deployed inline and is in block mode.

– Multiple public clouds are utilized in an active-passive architecture.

With the above controls in place, the bank is experiencing a slowdown on the unauthenticated payments page.

Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?
A . The public cloud provider is applying QoS to the inbound customer traffic.
B. The API gateway endpoints are being directly targeted.
C. The site is experiencing a brute-force credential attack.
D. A DDoS attack is targeted at the CDN.

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Answer: A