PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
Which THREE of the following are best practices for securing SAP systems on AWS?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates confuse IAM users with SAP system users, thinking that IAM can directly authenticate SAP logins, when in fact IAM is only for AWS API access and cannot authenticate SAP application-level users.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Enable AWS CloudTrail to log all API calls
AWS CloudTrail logs all API calls made to the AWS environment, including those that modify SAP infrastructure resources such as EC2 instances, security groups, and KMS keys. Enabling CloudTrail is a security best practice because it provides an immutable audit trail for governance, compliance, and operational troubleshooting of SAP workloads on AWS.
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 AWS CloudTrail to log all API calls
Why this is correct
CloudTrail provides audit trail for AWS API calls.
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Enable encryption at rest using AWS KMS for SAP HANA data volumes
Why this is correct
KMS provides encryption for EBS volumes.
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Use security groups to restrict network access to SAP application servers
Why this is correct
Security groups provide stateful filtering of traffic.
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Use IAM users to authenticate SAP system users
Why it's wrong here
SAP systems have their own authentication; IAM is for AWS API access.
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Store SAP system credentials in application source code
Why it's wrong here
Storing credentials in code is insecure.
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