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AmazonSCS-C01
AWS Certified Security - Specialty
This certification validates practical cybersecurity skills in cloud architecture and operations, including protecting systems, investigating threats, and applying effective controls. It is intended for professionals who assess risk and respond to real-world security scenarios.
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#16Multiple Choice
A company has complex connectivity rules governing ingress, egress, and communications between Amazon EC2 instances. The rules are so complex that they cannot be implemented within the limits of the maximum number of security groups and network access control lists (network ACLs).
What mechanism will allow the company to implement all required network rules without incurring additional cost?
#17Multiple Choice
An IAM user with fill EC2 permissions could bot start an Amazon EC2 instance after it was stopped for a maintenance task. Upon starting the instance, the instance state would change to `Pending`, but after a few seconds, it would switch back to `Stopped`.
An inspection revealed that the instance has attached Amazon EBS volumes that were encrypted by using a Customer Master Key (CMK). When these encrypted volumes were detached, the IAM user was able to start the EC2 instances.
The IAM user policy is as follows:
What additional items need to be added to the IAM user policy? (Choose two.)
#18Multiple Choice
A Security Administrator has a website hosted in Amazon S3. The Administrator has been given the following requirements:
✑ Users may access the website by using an Amazon CloudFront distribution.
✑ Users may not access the website directly by using an Amazon S3 URL.
Which configurations will support these requirements? (Choose two.)
#19Multiple Choice
A Security Engineer has created an Amazon CloudWatch event that invokes an AWS Lambda function daily. The Lambda function runs an Amazon Athena query that checks AWS CloudTrail logs in Amazon S3 to detect whether any IAM user accounts or credentials have been created in the past 30 days. The results of the
Athena query are created in the same S3 bucket. The Engineer runs a test execution of the Lambda function via the AWS Console, and the function runs successfully.
After several minutes, the Engineer finds that his Athena query has failed with the error message: `Insufficient Permissions`. The IAM permissions of the Security
Engineer and the Lambda function are shown below:
Security Engineer -
Lambda function execution role -
What is causing the error?
#20Multiple Choice
A company requires that IP packet data be inspected for invalid or malicious content.
Which of the following approaches achieve this requirement? (Choose two.)