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A company's Chief Security Officer has requested that a Security Analyst review and improve the security posture of each company AWS account. The Security
Analyst decides to do this by improving AWS account root user security.
Which actions should the Security Analyst take to meet these requirements? (Choose three.)

  • A. Delete the access keys for the account root user in every account.
  • B. Create an admin IAM user with administrative privileges and delete the account root user in every account.
  • C. Implement a strong password to help protect account-level access to the AWS Management Console by the account root user.
  • D. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on every account root user in all accounts.
  • E. Create a custom IAM policy to limit permissions to required actions for the account root user and attach the policy to the account root user.
  • F. Attach an IAM role to the account root user to make use of the automated credential rotation in AWS STS.
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Suggested Answer: ACD 🗳️

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ChinkSantana
Highly Voted 3 years, 8 months ago
ACD. - If you do have an access key for your AWS account root user, delete it. - Use a strong password to help protect account-level access to the AWS Management Console. - Enable AWS multi-factor authentication (MFA) on your AWS account root user account https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#create-iam-users
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cldy
Highly Voted 3 years, 8 months ago
A. C. D. These are best practices.
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Raphaello
Most Recent 1 year, 4 months ago
Selected Answer: ACD
Correct answers are ACD
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awssecuritynewbie
1 year, 8 months ago
Selected Answer: ACD
The wording of the questions is so poor, but it would be ACD
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dzidis
1 year, 11 months ago
I bet on ACD
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G4Exams
2 years, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: ACD
A & C & D
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dcasabona
2 years, 11 months ago
Selected Answer: ACD
A, C and D for me.
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ggx
3 years, 5 months ago
Selected Answer: ACD
ACD 100%
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leu_alves_sch
3 years, 5 months ago
Selected Answer: ACD
Answer: ACD
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sam_live
3 years, 6 months ago
I would go with ADE.
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BigDaddyNeo
3 years, 7 months ago
Selected Answer: CDE
Nope CDE. A is wrong, you according to link below https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#create-iam-users The first item suggests that you lock away your access keys for the account root user and not delete them.
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Kezuko
2 years, 2 months ago
I think this link will apply more that it will be A。 https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/credentials-access-keys-best-practices.html
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Kezuko
2 years, 2 months ago
From the link, "You can't restrict the permissions for your AWS account root user."
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justfmm
3 years, 6 months ago
from your link provided. "If you do have an access key for your AWS account root user, delete it."
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deus_ex_machina
2 years, 4 months ago
Why would you want to limit permissions on the root account though? (Option E)
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nainakaexam
3 years, 8 months ago
ACD for me
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sanjaym
3 years, 8 months ago
ACD 100%
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viestner
3 years, 9 months ago
ADE for me
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ca777
3 years, 8 months ago
nop ACD
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