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A company has an application on Amazon EC2 instances that store confidential customer data. The company must restrict access to customer data. A security engineer requires secure access to the instances that host the application. According to company policy, users must not open any inbound ports, maintain bastion hosts, or manage SSH keys for the EC2 instances.

The security engineer wants to monitor, store, and access all session activity logs. The logs must be encrypted.

Which solution will meet these requirements?

  • A. Use AWS Control Tower to connect to the EC2 instances. Configure Amazon CloudWatch logging for the sessions. Select the upload session logs option and allow only encrypted CloudWatch Logs log groups.
  • B. Use AWS Security Hub to connect to the EC2 instances. Configure Amazon CloudWatch logging for the sessions. Select the upload session logs option and allow only encrypted CloudWatch Logs log groups.
  • C. Use AWS Systems Manager Session Manager to connect to the EC2 instances. Configure Amazon CloudWatch monitoring to record the sessions. Select the store session logs option for the desired CloudWatch Logs log groups.
  • D. Use AWS Systems Manager Session Manager to connect to the EC2 instances. Configure Amazon CloudWatch logging. Select the upload session logs option and allow only encrypted CloudWatch Logs log groups.
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

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The correct answer is D AWS Systems Manager Session Manager is the best solution for securely accessing EC2 instances without opening inbound ports, maintaining bastion hosts, or managing SSH keys. Why Option D is Correct: ✅ Session Manager provides secure access – No need for inbound SSH or bastion hosts. ✅ Logs session activity – Can be configured to store session logs. ✅ Integrates with Amazon CloudWatch Logs – Provides monitoring and retention. ✅ Supports encryption – Can store logs in encrypted CloudWatch log groups.
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Selected Answer: D
D - direct question from documentation https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager-logging-cloudwatch-logs.html
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