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A security engineer is implementing a solution to allow users to seamlessly encrypt Amazon S3 objects without having to touch the keys directly. The solution must be highly scalable without requiring continual management. Additionally, the organization must be able to immediately delete the encryption keys.

Which solution meets these requirements?

A. Use AWS KMS with AWS managed keys and the ScheduleKeyDeletion API with a PendingWindowInDays set to 0 to remove the keys if necessary.
B. Use KMS with AWS imported key material and then use the DeleteImportedKeyMaterial API to remove the key material if necessary.
C. Use AWS CloudHSM to store the keys and then use the CloudHSM API or the PKCS11 library to delete the keys if necessary.
D. Use the Systems Manager Parameter Store to store the keys and then use the service API operations to delete the keys if necessary.

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by mikelord at Oct. 3, 2024, 6:58 p.m.

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mikelord

Highly Voted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

B seems to be the right answer. Option A has no option to do immediate deletion

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723993f

Most Recent 7 months ago

Selected Answer: B

b but they should improve how the question is framed, is there anything as an AWS imported key material ?

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723993f

7 months ago

one way kms properties are remembered is by knowing that anything aws owned/managed cannot be modified by account owner, "imported key material" without using the the keyword AWS would have been clearer

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gjurro

8 months ago

Selected Answer: B

A is incorrect because AWS KMS managed keys do not support immediate deletion. C is incorrect because AWS CloudHSM requires direct management of hardware security modules D is incorrect because AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store is not designed for encryption key management

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