DEA-C01 Data Security and Governance Practice Question
A data engineer needs to monitor and log changes to IAM policies in an AWS account. Which TWO AWS services can be used together to achieve this?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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AWS CloudTrail
AWS CloudTrail logs all IAM API calls, including policy changes. Amazon CloudWatch Logs can be used to store, monitor, and alert on these log events. Option A (GuardDuty) is a threat detection service, not for logging policy changes. Option B (AWS Config) tracks resource configuration changes but not API calls directly. Option C (VPC Flow Logs) captures network traffic, not IAM activities. Therefore, the correct combination is D and E.
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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Amazon GuardDuty
Why it's wrong here
GuardDuty is for threat detection, not logging IAM changes.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config tracks resource configuration changes, not API calls.
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VPC Flow Logs
Why it's wrong here
Flow Logs capture IP traffic.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why this is correct
CloudTrail records all IAM API calls.
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Why this is correct
CloudWatch Logs can store and monitor CloudTrail logs.
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