SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company uses AWS Organizations and wants to centrally manage VPC flow logs for all VPCs across all accounts. Which TWO steps are required to achieve this?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates think AWS Config rules can automatically enable flow logs, but Config only evaluates compliance and requires a separate remediation action (e.g., Lambda) to actually enable the resource, making it an indirect and incomplete solution compared to an SCP that enforces the setting.
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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Create a centralized S3 bucket in the logging account.
Centralizing VPC flow logs requires a single S3 bucket in a dedicated logging account to aggregate logs from all accounts. This bucket must have a bucket policy that grants the necessary permissions for the flow log service to write logs from member accounts, enabling centralized storage and management.
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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Configure cross-account CloudWatch Logs subscription.
Why it's wrong here
This is an alternative but not required if using S3.
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Create a centralized S3 bucket in the logging account.
Why this is correct
VPC Flow Logs can be delivered to an S3 bucket.
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Use VPC Flow Logs with Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose.
Why it's wrong here
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose delivers data streams to destinations like S3 or OpenSearch, but it lacks the native integration required to centrally aggregate logs from multiple accounts within an AWS Organization. This approach fails because it does not address the cross-account permission and centralisation requirements of the stem. You would use Firehose when you need to perform real-time streaming ingestion for log transformation or delivery into a data lake.
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Apply an SCP that requires VPC Flow Logs to be enabled.
Why this is correct
SCPs can enforce the enabling of flow logs.
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Use AWS Config rules to enable flow logs automatically.
Why it's wrong here
AWS Config is detective, not preventive; it cannot enable flow logs automatically.
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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