Design Secure Architectures Practice Question
Question
For a healthcare SaaS provider, an architect is reviewing VPC endpoints requirement set 17. Which design choice best fits the requirement while following AWS architectural best practices?
Answer choices
- A. Access aws services privately without traversing the public internet.
- B. Place all components on a single large instance to simplify troubleshooting.
- 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
A. Access aws services privately without traversing the public internet.
Explanation
The best answer applies VPC endpoints: access AWS services privately without traversing the public internet. The other options increase operational risk, weaken security, or remove observability that an AWS Solutions Architect should preserve.
Question details
- Difficulty: easy
- Domain: Design Secure Architectures
- Objective: VPC endpoints