AWS DevOps Safety Systems & Standards 4

Question 1

Which AWS Systems Manager capability helps enforce patch compliance standards across a fleet of EC2 instances on a scheduled basis?

Accepted Answer

Systems Manager Patch Manager

Answer

Patch Manager automates patching of EC2 instances using patch baselines and maintenance windows to ensure compliance with OS and application patch standards.

Question 2

A company must ensure no secrets are committed to their CodeCommit repository. Which approach integrates secret detection into the pipeline?

Accepted Answer

Use a CodeBuild pre-build phase with tools like git-secrets or truffleHog

Answer

Running secret-scanning tools such as git-secrets or truffleHog in a CodeBuild pre-build phase catches hardcoded credentials before they reach the repository.

Question 3

What is the purpose of using AWS Secrets Manager rotation in a DevOps pipeline compared to storing credentials in environment variables?

Accepted Answer

It automatically rotates credentials and eliminates long-lived static secrets

Answer

Secrets Manager automatically rotates credentials on a schedule, reducing the risk of compromised long-lived static secrets stored in environment variables.

Question 4

Which AWS service enables you to set up continuous compliance monitoring and automatically generate audit-ready reports for standards like PCI DSS and HIPAA?

Accepted Answer

AWS Audit Manager

Answer

AWS Audit Manager continuously collects evidence and maps it to compliance frameworks like PCI DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2 to simplify audit preparation.

Question 5

A DevOps engineer needs to ensure that only signed container images are deployed to Amazon ECS. Which AWS feature enforces this requirement?

Accepted Answer

AWS Signer with ECS task definition policy

Answer

AWS Signer can sign container images, and ECS can be configured to enforce signature verification policies that reject unsigned or improperly signed images.

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AWS DevOps Safety Systems & Standards 4