AIF-C01 Practice Question: Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions
A company wants to automatically discover sensitive data such as credit card numbers in their Amazon S3 training datasets before using them for model training. Which AWS service should they use?
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Amazon Macie
Amazon Macie uses machine learning and pattern matching to discover and protect sensitive data in S3.
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Amazon Macie
Why this is correct
Macie uses ML and pattern matching to identify sensitive data like PII, financial numbers, etc., in S3.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config tracks resource configuration changes, not data content.
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Amazon GuardDuty
Why it's wrong here
GuardDuty is a threat detection service, not for sensitive data discovery.
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AWS Audit Manager
Why it's wrong here
Audit Manager helps audit AWS usage, but does not automatically discover sensitive data in S3.
Quick reference
AWS S3 Storage Class Comparison
| Storage Class | Min Duration | Retrieval | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Standard | None | Immediate | Frequently accessed data |
| S3 Standard-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Infrequent access, rapid retrieval |
| S3 One Zone-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Non-critical infrequent data |
| S3 Intelligent-Tiering | None | Immediate–hours | Unknown or changing access patterns |
| S3 Glacier Instant | 90 days | Milliseconds | Archive with instant retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Flexible | 90 days | Minutes–hours | Archive, flexible retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Deep Archive | 180 days | Hours | Long-term compliance archive |
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