GIAC Certification GIAC Cloud Security Automation

Question 1

Which GIAC certification validates skills in securing cloud environments through automation, DevSecOps, and infrastructure as code?

Accepted Answer

GCSA

Answer

GPCS

Answer

GCLD

Answer

GCIA

Question 2

What AWS service provides centralized security findings and compliance checks across multiple AWS accounts?

Accepted Answer

AWS Security Hub

Answer

AWS CloudTrail

Answer

AWS Config

Answer

Amazon GuardDuty

Question 3

What principle ensures cloud resources have only the minimum permissions necessary to perform their intended function?

Accepted Answer

Least privilege

Answer

Defense in depth

Answer

Separation of duties

Answer

Zero trust

Question 4

Which Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool uses declarative HCL language to provision and manage cloud resources?

Accepted Answer

Terraform

Answer

Ansible

Answer

CloudFormation

Answer

Puppet

Question 5

What type of cloud security tool scans Infrastructure as Code templates for security misconfigurations before deployment?

Accepted Answer

IaC security scanner (SAST for IaC)

Answer

SIEM

Answer

WAF

Answer

CSPM

Question 6

What AWS service detects unauthorized activity and threats in AWS accounts by analyzing CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, and DNS logs?

Accepted Answer

Amazon GuardDuty

Answer

AWS Inspector

Answer

AWS Macie

Answer

AWS Config