Amazon AWS Certified Security - Specialty Exam Practice Questions (P. 4)
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Question #31
During a recent security audit, it was discovered that multiple teams in a large organization have placed restricted data in multiple Amazon S3 buckets, and the data may have been exposed. The auditor has requested that the organization identify all possible objects that contain personally identifiable information (PII) and then determine whether this information has been accessed.
What solution will allow the Security team to complete this request?
What solution will allow the Security team to complete this request?
- AUsing Amazon Athena, query the impacted S3 buckets by using the PII query identifier function. Then, create a new Amazon CloudWatch metric for Amazon S3 object access to alert when the objects are accessed.
- BEnable Amazon Macie on the S3 buckets that were impacted, then perform data classification. For identified objects that contain PII, use the research function for auditing AWS CloudTrail logs and S3 bucket logs for GET operations.Most Voted
- CEnable Amazon GuardDuty and enable the PII rule set on the S3 buckets that were impacted, then perform data classification. Using the PII findings report from GuardDuty, query the S3 bucket logs by using Athena for GET operations.
- DEnable Amazon Inspector on the S3 buckets that were impacted, then perform data classification. For identified objects that contain PII, query the S3 bucket logs by using Athena for GET operations.
Correct Answer:
B
B
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Question #32
During a recent internal investigation, it was discovered that all API logging was disabled in a production account, and the root user had created new API keys that appear to have been used several times.
What could have been done to detect and automatically remediate the incident?
What could have been done to detect and automatically remediate the incident?
- AUsing Amazon Inspector, review all of the API calls and configure the inspector agent to leverage SNS topics to notify security of the change to AWS CloudTrail, and revoke the new API keys for the root user.
- BUsing AWS Config, create a config rule that detects when AWS CloudTrail is disabled, as well as any calls to the root user create-api-key. Then use a Lambda function to re-enable CloudTrail logs and deactivate the root API keys.Most Voted
- CUsing Amazon CloudWatch, create a CloudWatch event that detects AWS CloudTrail deactivation and a separate Amazon Trusted Advisor check to automatically detect the creation of root API keys. Then use a Lambda function to enable AWS CloudTrail and deactivate the root API keys.
- DUsing Amazon CloudTrail, create a new CloudTrail event that detects the deactivation of CloudTrail logs, and a separate CloudTrail event that detects the creation of root API keys. Then use a Lambda function to enable CloudTrail and deactivate the root API keys.
Correct Answer:
C
C
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Question #33
An application has a requirement to be resilient across not only Availability Zones within the application's primary region but also be available within another region altogether.
Which of the following supports this requirement for AWS resources that are encrypted by AWS KMS?
Which of the following supports this requirement for AWS resources that are encrypted by AWS KMS?
- ACopy the application's AWS KMS CMK from the source region to the target region so that it can be used to decrypt the resource after it is copied to the target region.
- BConfigure AWS KMS to automatically synchronize the CMK between regions so that it can be used to decrypt the resource in the target region.
- CUse AWS services that replicate data across regions, and re-wrap the data encryption key created in the source region by using the CMK in the target region so that the target region's CMK can decrypt the database encryption key.Most Voted
- DConfigure the target region's AWS service to communicate with the source region's AWS KMS so that it can decrypt the resource in the target region.
Correct Answer:
C
C
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Question #34
An organization policy states that all encryption keys must be automatically rotated every 12 months.
Which AWS Key Management Service (KMS) key type should be used to meet this requirement?
Which AWS Key Management Service (KMS) key type should be used to meet this requirement?
- AAWS managed Customer Master Key (CMK)Most Voted
- BCustomer managed CMK with AWS generated key material
- CCustomer managed CMK with imported key material
- DAWS managed data key
Correct Answer:
A
Reference:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/rotate-keys.html
A
Reference:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/rotate-keys.html
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Question #35
A Security Engineer received an AWS Abuse Notice listing EC2 instance IDs that are reportedly abusing other hosts.
Which action should the Engineer take based on this situation? (Choose three.)
Which action should the Engineer take based on this situation? (Choose three.)
- AUse AWS Artifact to capture an exact image of the state of each instance.
- BCreate EBS Snapshots of each of the volumes attached to the compromised instances.Most Voted
- CCapture a memory dump.Most Voted
- DLog in to each instance with administrative credentials to restart the instance.
- ERevoke all network ingress and egress except for to/from a forensics workstation.Most Voted
- FRun Auto Recovery for Amazon EC2.
Correct Answer:
BCE
BCE
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Question #36
A Security Administrator is configuring an Amazon S3 bucket and must meet the following security requirements:
✑ Encryption in transit
✑ Encryption at rest
✑ Logging of all object retrievals in AWS CloudTrail
Which of the following meet these security requirements? (Choose three.)
✑ Encryption in transit
✑ Encryption at rest
✑ Logging of all object retrievals in AWS CloudTrail
Which of the following meet these security requirements? (Choose three.)
- ASpecify ג€aws:SecureTransportג€: ג€trueג€ within a condition in the S3 bucket policy.Most Voted
- BEnable a security group for the S3 bucket that allows port 443, but not port 80.
- CSet up default encryption for the S3 bucket.Most Voted
- DEnable Amazon CloudWatch Logs for the AWS account.
- EEnable API logging of data events for all S3 objects.Most Voted
- FEnable S3 object versioning for the S3 bucket.
Correct Answer:
ACE
Reference:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/events/log-s3-data-events.html
ACE
Reference:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/events/log-s3-data-events.html
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Question #37
What is the function of the following AWS Key Management Service (KMS) key policy attached to a customer master key (CMK)?


- AThe Amazon WorkMail and Amazon SES services have delegated KMS encrypt and decrypt permissions to the ExampleUser principal in the 111122223333 account.
- BThe ExampleUser principal can transparently encrypt and decrypt email exchanges specifically between ExampleUser and AWS.
- CThe CMK is to be used for encrypting and decrypting only when the principal is ExampleUser and the request comes from WorkMail or SES in the specified region.Most Voted
- DThe key policy allows WorkMail or SES to encrypt or decrypt on behalf of the user for any CMK in the account.
Correct Answer:
C
Reference:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/policy-conditions.html#conditions-kms-via-service
C
Reference:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/policy-conditions.html#conditions-kms-via-service
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Question #38
A Security Engineer who was reviewing AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) key policies found this statement in each key policy in the company AWS account.

What does the statement allow?

What does the statement allow?
- AAll principals from all AWS accounts to use the key.
- BOnly the root user from account 111122223333 to use the key.
- CAll principals from account 111122223333 to use the key but only on Amazon S3.
- DOnly principals from account 111122223333 that have an IAM policy applied that grants access to this key to use the key.Most Voted
Correct Answer:
D
Reference:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/key-policies.html
D
Reference:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/key-policies.html
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Question #39
A Software Engineer wrote a customized reporting service that will run on a fleet of Amazon EC2 instances. The company security policy states that application logs for the reporting service must be centrally collected.
What is the MOST efficient way to meet these requirements?
What is the MOST efficient way to meet these requirements?
- AWrite an AWS Lambda function that logs into the EC2 instance to pull the application logs from the EC2 instance and persists them into an Amazon S3 bucket.
- BEnable AWS CloudTrail logging for the AWS account, create a new Amazon S3 bucket, and then configure Amazon CloudWatch Logs to receive the application logs from CloudTrail.
- CCreate a simple cron job on the EC2 instances that synchronizes the application logs to an Amazon S3 bucket by using rsync.
- DInstall the Amazon CloudWatch Logs Agent on the EC2 instances, and configure it to send the application logs to CloudWatch Logs.Most Voted
Correct Answer:
D
Reference:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/new-how-to-better-monitor-your-custom-application-metrics-using-amazon-cloudwatch-agent/
D
Reference:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/new-how-to-better-monitor-your-custom-application-metrics-using-amazon-cloudwatch-agent/
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Question #40
A Security Engineer is trying to determine whether the encryption keys used in an AWS service are in compliance with certain regulatory standards.
Which of the following actions should the Engineer perform to get further guidance?
Which of the following actions should the Engineer perform to get further guidance?
- ARead the AWS Customer Agreement.
- BUse AWS Artifact to access AWS compliance reports.Most Voted
- CPost the question on the AWS Discussion Forums.
- DRun AWS Config and evaluate the configuration outputs.
Correct Answer:
B
B
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