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A workload has been moved from a data center to AWS. Previously, vulnerability scans were performed nightly by an external testing company. There is a mandate to continue the vulnerability scans in the AWS environment with third-party testing occurring at least once each month.
What solution allows the vulnerability scans to continue without violating the AWS Acceptable Use Policy?

A. The existing nightly scan can continue with a few changes. The external testing company must be notified of the new IP address of the workload and the security group of the workload must be modified to allow scans from the external company's IP range.
B. If the external company is a vendor in the AWS Marketplace, notify them of the new IP address of the workload.
C. Submit a penetration testing request every 90 days and have the external company test externally when the request is approved.
D. AWS performs vulnerability testing behind the scenes daily and patches instances as needed. If a vulnerability cannot be automatically addressed, a notification email is distributed.

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

by saumenP at Oct. 25, 2019, 3:05 p.m.

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saumenP

Highly Voted 2 years, 10 months ago

A should be correct https://aws.amazon.com/security/penetration-testing/ Effective immediately, AWS customers are welcome to carry out security assessments or penetration tests against their AWS infrastructure without prior approval for 8 services.

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karmaah

2 years, 10 months ago

Yes. True.. But depends on the services . they have 'approved services and Prohibited services.' Few requires to get approval for them too. Anyway the question not mentioned what kind of vulnerability scan and where do they want to test.

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smplysam

2 years, 10 months ago

A seems to be the right answer. They are saying that the "workload" has been moved from datacenter to AWS. My guess is that they are referring to the on-prem servers that are being moved to EC2 instances. Since EC2 is covered under permitted services, they should able to continue with the scans, as long as the Security Groups associated with those EC2s allow communication from the external company's IP range.

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albert_kuo

Most Recent 12 months ago

Selected Answer: C

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a formal process for conducting penetration tests on resources hosted within its environment, and it requires you to submit a penetration testing request for approval. This process ensures that security standards are maintained and unauthorized activities are prevented.

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RicardoD

2 years, 9 months ago

A is the answer

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Kimle

2 years, 10 months ago

why B is wrong , there's a "professional services" section in marketplace that offer security assessment

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abhishek_m_86

2 years, 10 months ago

A. The existing nightly scan can continue with a few changes. The external testing company must be notified of the new IP address of the workload and the security group of the workload must be modified to allow scans from the external company's IP range.

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jackdryan

2 years, 10 months ago

I'll go with A

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MFDOOM

2 years, 10 months ago

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