AWS Fundamentals: Addressing Security Risk

Question 1

Shared Responsibility

Answer 1

AWS responsibility “Security of the Cloud” - AWS is responsible for protecting the infrastructure that runs all of the services offered in the AWS Cloud. This infrastructure is composed of the hardware, software, networking, and facilities that run AWS Cloud services.

Customer responsibility “Security in the Cloud” - Customer responsibility will be determined by the AWS Cloud services that a customer selects. This determines the amount of configuration work the customer must perform as part of their security responsibilites.

Question 2

(IAM) Identity and Access Management

Answer 2

enables you to manage access to AWS services and resources securely

Question 3

What security mechanism can add an extra layer of protection to your AWS account in addition to a username password combination?

Answer 3

Multi-factor Authentication or MFA

Question 4

What are valid MFA or Multi-factor Authentication options available to use on AWS?

Answer 4

Gemalto Token
yubikey
Google Authenticator

Question 5

What format is an Identity and Access Management policy document in?

Answer 5

JSON

Question 6

What are valid options for interacting with your AWS account?

Answer 6

Command Line Interface or CLI
Software Development Kit or SDK
Application Programming Interface or API
AWS Console