SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company has an AWS Organization with multiple accounts. The central IT team wants to deploy a common set of AWS Config rules across all accounts in the production OU. Which approach is the MOST scalable and maintainable?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse the purpose of an AWS Config aggregator (which only aggregates compliance data) with the ability to deploy rules, leading them to select Option A, while Option B seems plausible but misses that conformance packs are the purpose-built, more maintainable solution for deploying a common set of rules at scale.
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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Use AWS Config conformance packs and deploy them using AWS CloudFormation StackSets.
AWS Config conformance packs provide a collection of AWS Config rules and remediation actions that can be deployed consistently across accounts and Regions. Using AWS CloudFormation StackSets to deploy conformance packs is the most scalable and maintainable approach because StackSets automates the deployment to multiple accounts in an AWS Organization, and conformance packs allow centralized management of rule sets, including parameterization and remediation, without requiring per-account manual effort.
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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Use an AWS Config aggregator to deploy rules across accounts.
Why it's wrong here
An aggregator collects and displays configuration and compliance data from multiple accounts and Regions; it does not deploy rules into member accounts. It is tempting as a centralised multi-account view, but that is its actual purpose. Rule deployment requires StackSets or AWS Control Tower controls.
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Use AWS CloudFormation StackSets to deploy an AWS Config rule template to each account.
Why it's wrong here
StackSets can deploy templates, but conformance packs provide better management of Config rules.
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Use AWS Config conformance packs and deploy them using AWS CloudFormation StackSets.
Why this is correct
Conformance packs bundle Config rules as a single deployable entity, and StackSets pushes that pack into every account in the production OU automatically, including new accounts. This satisfies the scalability and maintainability requirement without per-account manual rule creation.
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Use AWS Config to create a custom rule in each account manually.
Why it's wrong here
Creating rules manually in each account does not scale or stay maintainable across an OU, and drift between accounts is inevitable. Manual creation suits a single standalone account with a handful of rules, not a centrally governed multi-account organisation. StackSets deploys one template to every account.
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