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Governance Risk Compliance And Security questions

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An organization wants to prevent users from creating resources in regions other than the ones approved by corporate policy. What should be used to enforce this?

Trap 1: CloudFormation StackSet

StackSets deploy resources; they do not enforce the restriction of region usage.

Trap 2: Resource Tagging

Tagging organizes resources but does not prevent their creation.

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A
AWS Organizations Service Control Policy (SCP)
SCPs are the most robust way to restrict region access at the account level.
B
CloudFormation StackSet
Why wrong: StackSets deploy resources; they do not enforce the restriction of region usage.
C
Resource Tagging
Why wrong: Tagging organizes resources but does not prevent their creation.
D
IAM Identity-based Policy with Deny effect
Using conditions in an IAM policy to deny access based on region is a standard governance technique.

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Governance Risk Compliance And Security questions

An organization wants to prevent users from creating resources in regions other than the ones approved by corporate policy. What should be used to enforce this?

An enterprise is deploying a hybrid cloud model and must ensure that data moving between the on-premises data center and the cloud provider is encrypted. Which mechanism is most appropriate?

A security analyst notices unauthorized changes to cloud infrastructure. Which service should be analyzed to identify which IAM user made the changes?

To ensure that all virtual machines in a cloud environment comply with corporate security standards (e.g., specific OS versions), which tool should be used to enforce configuration policies automatically?

A project manager is reviewing cloud resource usage to ensure compliance with a budget governance policy. Which cloud service dashboard provides the most direct view of current resource costs and budget alerts?

A company is migrating sensitive financial data to AWS and needs to ensure that all data is encrypted at rest using customer-managed keys. Which service should the administrator configure to manage these keys while maintaining audit logs for compliance?

An organization is subject to GDPR and needs to ensure that personal data stored in an Azure SQL Database is protected against unauthorized access. Which feature should be enabled to identify potential vulnerabilities and anomalies?

A cloud architect is defining a security group for a web server. To adhere to the principle of least privilege, which inbound rule should be configured to allow only standard HTTPS traffic?

An auditor requests evidence that an organization is managing cloud risks. Which document should the IT team provide as the primary evidence of risk mitigation strategies?

To meet compliance requirements, a firm must store log files for seven years in a read-only state. Which storage configuration provides this level of immutability?

A company needs to ensure that only authorized devices can access internal cloud applications. Which mechanism verifies device posture before granting access?

A cloud architect needs to ensure that all cloud resources are tagged with an 'Owner' and 'Environment' tag for governance. Which service helps automate the detection and remediation of non-compliant resources?

Which cloud computing concept best describes the ability to add and remove resources based on traffic demands to maintain performance?

After a security incident, it is discovered that a S3 bucket was publicly accessible. Which feature should be used to prevent this from happening in the future?

To comply with data sovereignty laws, a database must remain within a specific country's borders. Which architectural strategy ensures this?

A developer is writing code that accesses an API key. Instead of hardcoding the key, which service should they use to retrieve it securely at runtime?

When following the Shared Responsibility Model, which security aspect is the customer's responsibility in an IaaS environment?

To ensure that all data is encrypted before being sent to the cloud, which encryption method should the organization employ?

A company is conducting a risk assessment and needs to determine the impact of a potential cloud service provider outage. Which document provides the provider's commitment to uptime?

An administrator needs to implement a centralized logging solution for multiple cloud accounts. Which service allows for aggregating security logs into a single security account?

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