SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company is migrating to AWS and plans to use a multi-account strategy. The management account will be used solely for administrative purposes. Which best practice should be followed when setting up AWS Organizations?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse the management account's billing role with a permission to host workloads, or they assume that central management requires enabling all services in the management account, when in fact the management account should be kept as a lightweight, resource-free administrative container.
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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Restrict access to the management account and use it only for organization management tasks.
The management account in AWS Organizations should be strictly restricted and used only for organization-wide administrative tasks, such as managing member accounts, applying service control policies (SCPs), and consolidating billing. This follows the AWS Well-Architected Framework's security pillar, which recommends isolating the management account from any workload or resource deployment to minimize the blast radius of a potential compromise. Using the management account for anything other than organization management violates the principle of least privilege and increases security risk.
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 all AWS services in the management account to centrally manage them.
Why it's wrong here
Enabling all services in the management account increases security risk.
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Use the management account as the payer account and also host production workloads.
Why it's wrong here
The management account should not host production workloads.
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Restrict access to the management account and use it only for organization management tasks.
Why this is correct
This minimizes the attack surface.
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Use the management account for development environments to avoid creating additional accounts.
Why it's wrong here
Development environments should be in separate accounts.
Quick reference
AAA Protocol Comparison
| Protocol | Port(s) | Encryption | Transport | Primary Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RADIUS | 1812 / 1813 | Password only | UDP | Network access control |
| TACACS+ | 49 | Full packet | TCP | Device administration |
| Diameter | 3868 | Full session | TCP / SCTP | Carrier / mobile networks |
| 802.1X | — | EAP-based | Layer 2 | Port-based access control |
TACACS+ encrypts the entire packet; RADIUS only encrypts the password field — a key exam distinction.
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