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Question 29
A healthcare company needs to monitor its Amazon S3 buckets for sensitive health data and generate alerts if this data is accessed in unusual patterns that might indicate a data breach. Which feature of Amazon Macie should the company leverage to meet these requirements?
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A
Anomaly detection
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B
Pre-built classifiers for sensitive data
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C
CloudTrail log analysis
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D
Real-time DDoS protection
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Correct answer: A
A.
Anomaly detection in Amazon Macie monitors for unusual patterns of access to sensitive data stored in S3. This helps detect potential security threats such as unauthorized access or a data breach, which is crucial for healthcare companies handling sensitive health information.
B.
Pre-built classifiers in Macie are used to identify specific types of sensitive data like PII or health data, but they do not monitor access patterns or detect anomalies.
C.
CloudTrail log analysis helps with auditing AWS API calls but does not directly detect anomalous access to sensitive data in Amazon S3.
D.
Real-time DDoS protection is a feature of AWS Shield, not Amazon Macie, and it focuses on network-layer security rather than monitoring access to S3 data.
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