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A company's security team requires that all Amazon S3 buckets are encrypted at rest using server-side encryption with Amazon S3 managed keys (SSE-S3). A SysOps administrator needs to automatically detect any S3 bucket that does not have encryption enabled and automatically apply SSE-S3 encryption. The solution should leverage AWS managed services and minimize custom code. Which combination of AWS services should be used?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Good practice is not just finding the correct option. The wrong answers often show the exact trap the exam wants you to fall into.
A
Distractor review
Use AWS Trusted Advisor to identify unencrypted buckets and then manually enable encryption.
Trusted Advisor flags unencrypted buckets but does not provide automatic remediation, requiring manual intervention.
B
Best answer
Use AWS Config managed rule 's3-bucket-server-side-encryption-enabled' with an automatic remediation action using AWS Systems Manager Automation.
AWS Config evaluates compliance and can trigger a Systems Manager Automation document that enables default encryption on the bucket automatically.
C
Distractor review
Use AWS CloudTrail to detect PutBucket operations and trigger a Lambda function that enables encryption.
This requires custom Lambda code and deals with API calls rather than current bucket configuration. It would not detect existing unencrypted buckets.
D
Distractor review
Create an IAM bucket policy that denies any PutObject request that does not include x-amz-server-side-encryption header.
This enforces encryption on uploads but does not detect or remediate existing buckets that lack default encryption.
Common exam trap
Common exam trap: NAT rules depend on direction and matching traffic
NAT is not only about the public address. The inside/outside interface roles and the ACL or rule that matches traffic are just as important.
Technical deep dive
How to think about this question
NAT questions usually test address translation, overload/PAT behaviour, static mappings and whether the right traffic is being translated. Read the interface direction and address terms carefully.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
- PAT allows many inside hosts to share one public address using ports.
- Inside local and inside global describe the private and translated addresses.
- NAT ACLs identify traffic for translation, not always security filtering.
TExam Day Tips
- Identify inside and outside interfaces first.
- Check whether the scenario needs static NAT, dynamic NAT or PAT.
- Do not confuse NAT matching ACLs with normal packet-filtering intent.
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Question 1
A company uses Amazon CloudFront to deliver content to a global audience. The origin is an Application Load Balancer in us-east-1. The SysOps administrator wants to reduce costs by minimizing the number of requests that reach the origin server. Which action should the administrator take?
Question 2
A company runs a batch processing application on Amazon EC2 that runs for 2 hours every night. The workload can tolerate interruptions. Which EC2 purchasing option provides the lowest cost for this use case?
Question 3
A SysOps administrator needs to monitor the CPU utilization of an Amazon RDS DB instance and receive an alarm when CPU utilization exceeds 80% for 5 consecutive minutes. Which AWS service should be used to create this alarm?
Question 4
A company runs a critical web application on Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The application uses session stickiness (sticky sessions) to maintain user sessions. The SysOps administrator notices that when instances are replaced during a scale-in or failure event, users lose their session data. The administrator needs to preserve session data across instance failures without losing stickiness benefits. What should the administrator do?
Question 5
A company runs a production web application on a single Amazon EC2 instance. The application experiences a predictable and steady workload 24/7. The SysOps administrator wants to minimize compute costs for this instance while ensuring it remains available during the expected workload. Which EC2 purchasing option should the administrator use?
Question 6
A company has a VPC with public and private subnets. The private subnets host application servers that need to make outbound HTTPS connections to the internet. The SysOps administrator must implement a solution that provides outbound internet connectivity while preventing inbound connections from the internet. Additionally, the solution must allow the company to control which domains the application servers can access. Which solution should the administrator implement?
FAQ
Questions learners often ask
What does this SOA-C02 question test?
Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Use AWS Config managed rule 's3-bucket-server-side-encryption-enabled' with an automatic remediation action using AWS Systems Manager Automation. — AWS Config has a managed rule called 's3-bucket-server-side-encryption-enabled' that checks if S3 buckets have encryption enabled. AWS Config can also be configured with automatic remediation actions using AWS Systems Manager Automation documents. An SSM Automation document can be created (or a pre-built one exists) to enable default encryption on an S3 bucket. This combination provides detection and remediation with minimal custom code. Trusted Advisor provides checks but does not have remediation actions. CloudTrail and Lambda would require custom code. An IAM bucket policy can enforce encryption on uploads but does not remediate existing unencrypted buckets.
What should I do if I get this SOA-C02 question wrong?
Then try more questions from the same exam bank and focus on understanding why the wrong options are tempting.
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