DEA-C01 Data Security and Governance Practice Question
A data engineer needs to grant an IAM user the ability to view Amazon CloudWatch Logs log groups and stream log events from a specific log group. Which IAM policy action should be used?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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logs:DescribeLogGroups and logs:GetLogEvents
Logs:DescribeLogGroups and logs:GetLogEvents are the required actions. Option B is wrong because logs:PutLogEvents is for writing. Option C is wrong because logs:CreateLogGroup is for creation. Option D is wrong because logs:DeleteLogGroup is for deletion.
Answer analysis
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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logs:DescribeLogGroups and logs:GetLogEvents
Why this is correct
These allow listing and reading logs.
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logs:PutLogEvents
Why it's wrong here
PutLogEvents is for writing logs.
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logs:CreateLogGroup
Why it's wrong here
CreateLogGroup is for creating log groups.
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logs:DeleteLogGroup
Why it's wrong here
DeleteLogGroup is for deletion.
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