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A company uses AWS Organizations to manage multiple accounts. The security team wants to enforce a policy that prevents any user or role in any member account from disabling AWS CloudTrail or deleting CloudTrail log files from Amazon S3. The team needs a solution that is centrally managed from the management account and applies to all current and future member accounts automatically. Which AWS feature should the security team use to meet these requirements?
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A
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AWS Config conformance packs
AWS Config conformance packs are collections of AWS Config rules and remediation actions that evaluate resource compliance. While they can detect non-compliant resources (e.g., CloudTrail being disabled), they do not proactively prevent a user from performing the disabling action. They are detective, not preventive, and require additional automation to enforce. Thus, they are not the primary feature for centrally preventing actions across all accounts.
B
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Service Control Policies (SCPs)
Correct. SCPs are the correct choice because they allow centralized control over the maximum permissions for all accounts in an AWS Organization. They can explicitly deny actions such as disabling CloudTrail or deleting S3 objects in the log bucket. SCPs apply across the entire organization, including new accounts, and cannot be overridden by member account administrators. This provides the preventive enforcement the security team requires.
C
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IAM permissions boundaries
IAM permissions boundaries are used to set the maximum permissions that an IAM entity (user or role) can have, but they are applied at the individual account level. They cannot be centrally managed from the management account across all member accounts. Additionally, they do not restrict actions of the root user or other entities if the boundary is not attached. Therefore, they do not meet the requirement for centralized, organization-wide prevention.
D
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AWS CloudTrail data events
AWS CloudTrail data events record object-level operations (e.g., GetObject, DeleteObject) on S3 buckets. They are a logging feature, not a control mechanism. Enabling data events does not prevent anyone from disabling CloudTrail or deleting log files; it only provides a record of those actions after they occur. Thus, it does not enforce the desired restrictions.
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How to think about this question
This question should be treated as a scenario, not a definition check. Identify the problem, the constraint and the best action. Then compare each option against those facts.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
- Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
- Use explanations to understand the rule behind the answer.
TExam Day Tips
- Underline the problem statement mentally.
- Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
- Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
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Question 1
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Question 2
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Question 3
A company's development team frequently needs temporary test environments. A developer can log into the AWS Management Console, select an Amazon EC2 instance type, configure storage, and launch the instance within minutes without any interaction with the IT infrastructure team. This capability is an example of which essential characteristic of cloud computing?
Question 4
A company's finance team needs to analyze AWS spending in detail. They require a report that includes hourly cost data for each AWS service, each individual resource (e.g., a specific EC2 instance), and any cost allocation tags applied. The team plans to export this data to an Amazon S3 bucket and then import it into a custom business intelligence (BI) analytics dashboard. Which AWS tool should the finance team use to generate this level of detailed cost data?
Question 5
A company uses AWS for its development environment. The finance team wants to set a monthly budget of $10,000. They want to receive an email notification when the actual costs reach 80% of the budget ($8,000) and again when costs exceed the budget. The team needs a managed AWS service that can automatically send these alerts without requiring custom code or third-party tools. Which AWS service should the team use?
Question 6
A company uses AWS Organizations to manage multiple accounts. The security team needs to enforce a policy that restricts SSH access (port 22) from the internet (0.0.0.0/0) in all VPCs across all accounts. The team wants to centrally define the allowed rules and automatically apply them to newly created VPCs and security groups, while also automatically remediating any existing non-compliant security groups. Which AWS service should the team use?
FAQ
Questions learners often ask
What does this CLF-C02 question test?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Service Control Policies (SCPs) — Service Control Policies (SCPs) are a feature of AWS Organizations that allow central management of the maximum permissions available to all accounts within the organization. By attaching an SCP that denies actions like cloudtrail:StopLogging, cloudtrail:DeleteTrail, and s3:DeleteObject (on the log bucket), the security team can prevent disabling CloudTrail or deleting log files. SCPs apply to all users and roles in member accounts, including the account root user, and are inherited by new accounts as they are added. This provides a scalable, centralized enforcement mechanism without needing to configure permissions in each account individually.
What should I do if I get this CLF-C02 question wrong?
Then try more questions from the same exam bank and focus on understanding why the wrong options are tempting.
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