SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company has a multi-account AWS environment with a centralized logging account. The security team needs to collect all Amazon S3 access logs and AWS CloudTrail logs from all accounts into a centralized Amazon S3 bucket in the logging account. Which THREE steps are required to meet this requirement? (Choose THREE.)
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse CloudWatch Logs subscription filters or CloudTrail Insights as mechanisms to collect S3 access logs, when in fact S3 server access logging and CloudTrail trails are the correct services for this centralized logging requirement.
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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Enable S3 server access logging on each source bucket to deliver logs to the central S3 bucket.
S3 server access logging can be configured on each source bucket to deliver detailed access logs directly to a central S3 bucket in the logging account. This is a native S3 feature that writes log objects for every request made to the source bucket, satisfying the requirement to collect S3 access logs.
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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Enable S3 server access logging on each source bucket to deliver logs to the central S3 bucket.
Why this is correct
S3 server access logs are enabled per bucket and can be delivered to a target bucket.
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Create an Amazon CloudWatch Logs subscription filter to stream logs from each account to the central bucket.
Why it's wrong here
CloudWatch Logs subscription filters stream to destinations like Lambda or Kinesis, not directly to S3.
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Enable AWS CloudTrail Insights in each account to capture S3 access logs.
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail Insights is for unusual API activity, not S3 access logs.
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Create an AWS CloudTrail trail in each account that delivers logs to the central S3 bucket.
Why this is correct
Centralized logging requires each account's trail to deliver to the central bucket.
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Apply a bucket policy on the central S3 bucket that grants cross-account write access from each account's CloudTrail service.
Why this is correct
Cross-account writes require the bucket policy to allow PutObject from source accounts.
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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