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Question #1 Verified Q&A
[Identity and Access Management] You have an S3 bucket defined in IAM. You want to ensure that you encrypt the data before sending it across the wire. What is the best way to achieve this.<br />
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Please select:
A Enable server side encryption for the S3 bucket. This request will ensure that the data is encrypted first.
B Use the IAM Encryption CLI to encrypt the data first
C Use a Lambda function to encrypt the data before sending it to the S3 bucket.
D Enable client encryption for the bucket
Correct Answer: Use the IAM Encryption CLI to encrypt the data first
Explanation:
One can use the IAM Encryption CLI to encrypt the data before sending it across to the S3 bucket. Options A and C are invalid because this would still mean that data is transferred in plain text Option D is invalid because you cannot just enable client side encryption for the S3 bucket For more information on Encrypting and Decrypting data, please visit the below URL: https://IAM.amazonxom/blogs/securirv/how4o-encrvpt-and-decrypt-your-data-with-the-IAM- encryption-cl The correct answer is: Use the IAM Encryption CLI to encrypt the data first Submit your Feedback/Queries to our Experts
Question #2 Verified Q&A
[Infrastructure Security] Your company has a set of EC2 Instances defined in IAM. These Ec2 Instances have strict security groups attached to them. You need to ensure that changes to the Security groups are noted and acted on accordingly. How can you achieve this?<br />
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Please select:
A Use Cloudwatch logs to monitor the activity on the Security Groups. Use filters to search for the changes and use SNS for the notification.
B Use Cloudwatch metrics to monitor the activity on the Security Groups. Use filters to search for the changes and use SNS for the notification.
C Use Cloudwatch events to be triggered for any changes to the Security Groups. Configure the Lambda function for email notification as well.
D Use IAM inspector to monitor the activity on the Security Groups. Use filters to search for the changes and use SNS f the notification.
Correct Answer: Use Cloudwatch events to be triggered for any changes to the Security Groups. Configure the Lambda function for email notification as well.
Explanation:
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Option A is invalid because you need to use Cloudwatch Events to check for chan,<br />
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Option B is invalid because you need to use Cloudwatch Events to check for chang<br />
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Option C is invalid because IAM inspector is not used to monitor the activity on Security Groups<br />
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For more information on monitoring security groups, please visit the below URL:<br />
Ihttpsy/IAM.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-automatically-revert-and-receive-notifications- about-changes-to-your-amazonj 'pc-security-groups/ The correct answer is: Use Cloudwatch events to be triggered for any changes to the Security Groups. Configure the Lambda function for email notification as well. Submit your Feedback/Queries to our Experts
Question #3 Verified Q&A
[Infrastructure Security] Your company has just set up a new central server in a VPC. There is a requirement for other teams<br />
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who have their servers located in different VPC's in the same region to connect to the central server.<br />
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Which of the below options is best suited to achieve this requirement.<br />
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Please select:
A Set up VPC peering between the central server VPC and each of the teams VPCs.
B Set up IAM DirectConnect between the central server VPC and each of the teams VPCs.
C None of the above options will work.
D Set up an IPSec Tunnel between the central server VPC and each of the teams VPCs.
Correct Answer: Set up VPC peering between the central server VPC and each of the teams VPCs.
Explanation:
A VPC peering connection is a networking connection between two VPCs that enables you to route traffic between them using private IPv4 addresses or IPv6 addresses. Instances in either VPC can communicate with each other as if they are within the same network. You can create a VPC peering connection between your own VPCs, or with a VPC in another IAM account within a single region. Options B and C are invalid because you need to use VPC Peering<br />
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Option D is invalid because VPC Peering is available<br />
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For more information on VPC Peering please see the below Link:<br />
http://docs.IAM.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/vpc-peering.html The correct answer is: Set up VPC peering between the central server VPC and each of the teams VPCs. Submit your Feedback/Queries to our Experts
Question #4 Verified Q&A
[Identity and Access Management] There is a requirement for a company to transfer large amounts of data between IAM and an on- premise location. There is an additional requirement for low latency and high consistency traffic to IAM. Given these requirements how would you design a hybrid architecture? Choose the correct answer from the options below<br />
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Please select:
A Provision a Direct Connect connection to an IAM region using a Direct Connect partner.
B Create a VPN tunnel for private connectivity, which increases network consistency and reduces latency.
C Create an iPSec tunnel for private connectivity, which increases network consistency and reduces latency.
D Create a VPC peering connection between IAM and the Customer gateway.
Correct Answer: Provision a Direct Connect connection to an IAM region using a Direct Connect partner.
Explanation:
IAM Direct Connect makes it easy to establish a dedicated network connection from your premises to IAM. Using IAM Direct Connect you can establish private connectivity between IAM and your datacenter, office, or colocation environment which in many cases can reduce your network costs, increase bandwidth throughput and provide a more consistent network experience than Internet- based connections. Options B and C are invalid because these options will not reduce network latency Options D is invalid because this is only used to connect 2 VPC's<br />
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For more information on IAM direct connect, just browse to the below URL:<br />
https://IAM.amazon.com/directconnect The correct answer is: Provision a Direct Connect connection to an IAM region using a Direct Connect partner. omit your Feedback/Queries to our Experts
Question #6 Verified Q&A
[Identity and Access Management] A company's IAM account consists of approximately 300 IAM users. Now there is a mandate that an access change is required for 100 IAM users to have unlimited privileges to S3.As a system administrator, how can you implement this effectively so that there is no need to apply the policy at the individual user level?<br />
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Please select:
A Create a new role and add each user to the IAM role
B Use the IAM groups and add users, based upon their role, to different groups and apply the policy to group
C Create an S3 bucket policy with unlimited access which includes each user's IAM account ID
D Create a policy and apply it to multiple users using a script
Correct Answer: Use the IAM groups and add users, based upon their role, to different groups and apply the policy to group
Explanation:
Option A is incorrect since you don't add a user to the IAM Role<br />
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Option C is incorrect since you don't assign multiple users to a policy<br />
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Option D is incorrect since this is not an ideal approach An IAM group is used to collectively manage users who need the same set of permissions. By having groups, it becomes easier to manage permissions. So if you change the permissions on the group scale, it will affect all the users in that group<br />
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For more information on IAM Groups, just browse to the below URL:<br />
https://docs.IAM.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_eroups.html The correct answer is: Use the IAM groups and add users, based upon their role, to different groups and apply the policy to group Submit your Feedback/Queries to our Experts

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