Design Secure Architectures Practice Question
Question
For a public application, an architect is reviewing MFA and federation requirement set 1. Which design choice best fits the requirement while following AWS architectural best practices?
Answer choices
- A. Place all components on a single large instance to simplify troubleshooting.
- B. Reduce long-lived credentials and protect privileged access.
- C. Use long-lived access keys in application configuration so services can call AWS APIs directly.
- D. Disable monitoring until the workload reaches steady production traffic.
Correct Answer
B. Reduce long-lived credentials and protect privileged access.
Explanation
The best answer applies MFA and federation: reduce long-lived credentials and protect privileged access. The other options increase operational risk, weaken security, or remove observability that an AWS Solutions Architect should preserve.
Question details
- Difficulty: medium
- Domain: Design Secure Architectures
- Objective: MFA and federation