Amazon Web Services Updated SCS-C01 Exam Questions and Answers by mabli

Store the scripts in the AMI and encrypt the sensitive data using IAM KMS Use the instance role profile to control access to the KMS keys needed to decrypt the data.

Store the sensitive data in IAM Systems Manager Parameter Store using the encrypted string parameter and assign the GetParameters permission to the EC2 instance role.

Externalize the bootstrap scripts in Amazon S3 and encrypt them using IAM KMS. Remove the scripts from the instance and clear the logs after the instance is configured.

Block user access of the EC2 instance's metadata service using IAM policies. Remove all scripts and clear the logs after execution.

Create a new database field “suspended_status” and modify the application logic to validate that field when processing requests.

Add suspended customers to second Cognito user pool and update the application login flow to check both user pools.

Use Amazon Cognito Sync to push out a “suspension_status” parameter and split the lAM policy into normal users and suspended users.

Move suspended customers to a second Cognito group and define an appropriate IAM access policy for the group.

Have a Database Administrator encrypt the credentials and store the ciphertext in Amazon S3. Grant permission to the instance role associated with the EC2 instance to read the object and decrypt the ciphertext.

Configure a scheduled job that updates the credential in IAM Systems Manager Parameter Store and notifies the Engineer that the application needs to be restarted.

Configure automatic rotation of credentials in IAM Secrets Manager.

Store the credential in an encrypted string parameter in IAM Systems Manager Parameter Store. Grant permission to the instance role associated with the EC2 instance to access the parameter and the IAM KMS key that is used to encrypt it.

Configure the Java application to catch a connection failure and make a call to IAM Secrets Manager to retrieve updated credentials when the password is rotated. Grant permission to the instance role associated with the EC2 instance to access Secrets Manager.

Add each employee’s home IP address to the security group for the application so that only those users can access the workload.

Create a virtual gateway for VPN connectivity for each employee, and restrict access to the workload from within the VPC.

Use a VPN appliance from the IAM Marketplace for users to connect to, and restrict workload access to traffic from that appliance.

Route all traffic to the workload through IAM WAF. Add each employee’s home IP address into an IAM WAF rule, and block all other traffic.