- (Exam Topic 2)
An IAM user with fill EC2 permissions could bot start an Amazon EC2 instance after it was stopped for a maintenance task. Upon starting the instance, the instance state would change to “Pending”, but after a few seconds, it would switch back to “Stopped”.
An inspection revealed that the instance has attached Amazon EBS volumes that were encrypted by using a Customer Master Key (CMK). When these encrypted volumes were detached, the IAM user was able to start the EC2 instances.
The IAM user policy is as follows:
What additional items need to be added to the IAM user policy? (Choose two.)
Correct Answer:
CE
The EBS which is AWS resource service is encrypted with CMK and to allow EC2 to decrypt , the IAM user should create a grant ( action) and a boolean condition for the AWs resource . This link explains how AWS keys works. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/key-policies.html
- (Exam Topic 3)
Your company has a hybrid environment, with on-premise servers and servers hosted in the AWS cloud. They are planning to use the Systems Manager for patching servers. Which of the following is a pre-requisite for this to work;
Please select:
Correct Answer:
B
You need to ensure that an IAM service role is created for allowing the on-premise servers to communicate with the AWS Systems Manager.
Option A is incorrect since it is not necessary that servers should only be running Hyper-V Options C and D are incorrect since it is not necessary that IAM users and groups are created For more information on the Systems Manager role please refer to the below URL: com/systems-rnanaeer/latest/usereuide/sysman-!
The correct answer is: Ensure that an IAM service role is created Submit your Feedback/Queries to our Experts
- (Exam Topic 3)
Your company makes use of S3 buckets for storing data. There is a company policy that all services should have logging enabled. How can you ensure that logging is always enabled for created S3 buckets in the AWS Account?
Please select:
Correct Answer:
B
This is given in the AWS Documentation as an example rule in AWS Config Example rules with triggers Example rule with configuration change trigger
* 1. You add the AWS Config managed rule, S3_BUCKET_LOGGING_ENABLED, to your account to check whether your Amazon S3 buckets have logging enabled.
* 2. The trigger type for the rule is configuration changes. AWS Config runs the evaluations for the rule when an Amazon S3 bucket is created, changed, or deleted.
* 3. When a bucket is updated, the configuration change triggers the rule and AWS Config evaluates whether the bucket is compliant against the rule.
Option A is invalid because AWS Inspector cannot be used to scan all buckets
Option C and D are invalid because Cloudwatch cannot be used to check for logging enablement for buckets. For more information on Config Rules please see the below Link:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/developerguide/evaluate-config-rules.html
The correct answer is: Use AWS Config Rules to check whether logging is enabled for buckets Submit your Feedback/Queries to our Experts
- (Exam Topic 3)
A Security Architect has been asked to review an existing security architecture and identify why the application servers cannot successfully initiate a connection to the database servers. The following summary describes the architecture:
* 1 An Application Load Balancer, an internet gateway, and a NAT gateway are configured in the public subnet
* 2. Database, application, and web servers are configured on three different private subnets.
* 3 The VPC has two route tables: one for the public subnet and one for all other subnets The route table for the public subnet has a 0 0 0 0/0 route to the internet gateway The route table for all other subnets has a 0 0.0.0/0 route to the NAT gateway. All private subnets can route to each other
* 4 Each subnet has a network ACL implemented that limits all inbound and outbound connectivity to only the required ports and protocols
* 5 There are 3 Security Groups (SGs) database application and web Each group limits all inbound and outbound connectivity to the minimum required
Which of the following accurately reflects the access control mechanisms the Architect should verify1?
Correct Answer:
A
- (Exam Topic 3)
A company is developing a highly resilient application to be hosted on multiple Amazon EC2 instances . The application will store highly sensitive user data in Amazon RDS tables
The application must
• Include migration to a different AWS Region in the application disaster recovery plan.
• Provide a full audit trail of encryption key administration events
• Allow only company administrators to administer keys.
• Protect data at rest using application layer encryption
A Security Engineer is evaluating options for encryption key management
Why should the Security Engineer choose AWS CloudHSM over AWS KMS for encryption key management in this situation?
Correct Answer:
B