SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company has a centralized AWS account for security tools and multiple member accounts. They want to use AWS GuardDuty to detect threats across all accounts. They have enabled GuardDuty in the management account and invited all member accounts. GuardDuty is set to send findings to a central S3 bucket in the security account. However, findings from member accounts are not appearing in the central S3 bucket. The security account has a bucket policy that allows the GuardDuty service principal to write findings. What is the most likely cause?
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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Each member account must individually configure the S3 bucket as a publishing destination for its own findings.
For GuardDuty to send findings to a central S3 bucket, each member account must configure the publishing destination as well. Simply enabling GuardDuty in the management account does not automatically forward findings from member accounts to a central bucket. Option A is wrong because the bucket policy is already in place. Option B is wrong because GuardDuty supports cross-account. Option C is wrong because there is no such setting.
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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The GuardDuty detector in the management account is not configured to publish findings to S3.
Why it's wrong here
The management account can publish its own findings, but member accounts need separate configuration.
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GuardDuty cannot send findings from member accounts to a central S3 bucket; it only supports CloudWatch Events.
Why it's wrong here
GuardDuty can publish to S3.
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The S3 bucket policy does not grant the GuardDuty service principal from member accounts write access.
Why it's wrong here
The bucket policy likely includes the service principal.
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Each member account must individually configure the S3 bucket as a publishing destination for its own findings.
Why this is correct
Each account must set up its own publishing destination.
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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