Design Secure Architectures Practice Question

Question

For a regulated workload, an architect is reviewing CloudTrail requirement set 8. Which design choice best fits the requirement while following AWS architectural best practices?

Answer choices

  1. A. Record aws api activity for auditing and investigation.
  2. B. Place all components on a single large instance to simplify troubleshooting.
  3. C. Use long-lived access keys in application configuration so services can call AWS APIs directly.
  4. D. Disable monitoring until the workload reaches steady production traffic.

Correct Answer

A. Record aws api activity for auditing and investigation.

Explanation

The best answer applies CloudTrail: record AWS API activity for auditing and investigation. 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: CloudTrail

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