AIF-C01 Practice Question: Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions
A company wants to encrypt training data stored in Amazon S3 and model artifacts in Amazon SageMaker using customer-managed keys. Which TWO AWS services or features should they use? (Select TWO.)
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
AWS KMS allows creation of customer-managed keys. SageMaker can be configured to use a KMS key to encrypt model artifacts and the ML storage volume. S3 also integrates with KMS for server-side encryption.
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Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Amazon Macie
Why it's wrong here
Macie discovers sensitive data but does not provide encryption.
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AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
Why it's wrong here
ACM manages SSL/TLS certificates, not encryption keys for data at rest.
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AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
Why this is correct
KMS creates and manages encryption keys that can be used by both S3 and SageMaker.
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Amazon S3 server-side encryption with KMS
Why this is correct
S3 SSE-KMS encrypts data at rest using KMS keys. SageMaker also uses KMS for encrypting model artifacts.
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AWS CloudHSM
Why it's wrong here
CloudHSM provides hardware security modules but is not directly integrated with S3 or SageMaker for encryption; KMS is the recommended service.
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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