SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
Which TWO AWS services can be used to implement a centralized logging solution across multiple AWS accounts?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates think Amazon S3 alone is insufficient for centralized logging, but with proper bucket policies and cross-account permissions, it is a valid and commonly used solution, while Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose is often mistakenly chosen because it handles streaming data, but it is not a logging destination itself.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs with cross-account log groups.
Amazon CloudWatch Logs supports cross-account log groups, allowing you to stream log data from multiple AWS accounts into a centralized CloudWatch Logs account. This is achieved by configuring destination policies and subscription filters that forward log events across accounts, enabling unified monitoring and alerting without needing to aggregate logs into a single bucket.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs with cross-account log groups.
Why this is correct
CloudWatch Logs can aggregate logs from multiple accounts.
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Amazon SQS.
Why it's wrong here
SQS is a message queue service.
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Amazon S3 with a centralized bucket and appropriate bucket policies.
Why this is correct
S3 can store logs from multiple accounts.
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AWS CloudFormation.
Why it's wrong here
CloudFormation is for provisioning resources.
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Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose.
Why it's wrong here
Kinesis is for streaming data, not central log storage.
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