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Question 46

A company has an application that provides marketing services to stores. The services are based on previous purchases by store customers. The stores upload transaction data to the company through SFTP, and the data is processed and analyzed to generate new marketing offers. Some of the files can exceed 200 GB in size.

Recently, the company discovered that some of the stores have uploaded files that contain personally identifiable information (PII) that should not have been included. The company wants administrators to be alerted if PII is shared again. The company also wants to automate remediation.

What should a solutions architect do to meet these requirements with the LEAST development effort?

    Correct Answer: B

    To meet the company's requirements with the least development effort, use Amazon S3 as a secure transfer point and Amazon Macie to scan the objects. Amazon Macie automatically detects personally identifiable information (PII) and uses Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) to trigger alerts to administrators. Macie is specifically designed to identify and secure sensitive data, providing constant visibility and easing the remediation process. While Amazon Macie has size limits, it remains the optimal solution due to its minimal development requirements compared to custom solutions.

Discussion
Gatt

I have a problem with answer B. The question says: "automate remediation". B says that you inform the administrator and he removes the data manually, that's not automating remediation. Very weird, that would mean that D is correct - but it's so much harder to implement.

ronaldchow

By "automate remediation", I thought it meant to use Amazon Macie to automate discovery on personally identifiable information. https://aws.amazon.com/macie/ - Discover sensitive data across your S3 environment to increase visibility and automated remediation of data security risks.

Joxtat

Pay attention to the entire question as in What should a solutions architect do to meet these requirements with the LEAST development effort? That is why Macie is used. Answer is B

Maxpayne009

Macie has file size limit and clearly question mentions 200GB filesizes are possible. Lambda is the way to go ..

pentium75

You're confusing "files to retrieve samples from" with "files to analyze". Macie can analyze 20 GB files.

wamy1738

The answer is B because it requires the "LEAST development effort". The confusing part is that remediation is NOT automated because the solution alerts the administrators but still requires manual action. Its a bad question.

3680113

B Correct, a bad and selfish question indeed. AWS doesn't care if they actually follow through on the standards they created, they are only interested in us answering the question right . MIND YOU ALL THE OPTIKNS REQUIRE MANUAL COMPLETION OF PROCESS.

3680113

What kind of life cycle policy removes meat ?. Life cycle only removes objects that exceeds programmed time.

grzeevOption: B

Amazon Macie is a data security and data privacy service that uses machine learning (ML) and pattern matching to discover and protect your sensitive data

grzeev

Macie automatically detects a large and growing list of sensitive data types, including personally identifiable information (PII) such as names, addresses, and credit card numbers. It also gives you constant visibility of the data security and data privacy of your data stored in Amazon S3

JTruong

Auto remediation is a Macie's feature so B is CORRECT https://aws.amazon.com/macie/#:~:text=Discover%20sensitive%20data%20across%20your,remediation%20of%20data%20security%20risks.

KTEgghead

This is poorly worded - why does option D have "meats" in it?! Amazon Macie cannot handle files larger than 8GB, so it has to be option D.

f04dc74Option: B

It's B. This is the trickiest question I've seen so far. Here, you _must_ know precisely what these tools do because context clues won't help you. You *have* to read the question carefully; poor reading comprehension will hurt you. If you're successful at both, the answer is obvious. You need to remedy or fix the problem automatically and simply notify an admin. Macie and (Amazon SNS). The answer is B. "Macie detects a potential issue with the security or privacy of your data, such as a bucket that becomes publicly accessible, Macie generates a finding for you to review and remediate as necessary" - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/macie/latest/user/what-is-macie.html

awsgeek75Option: B

Always prefer AWS manages solution, especially when they have a SaaS over custom solution when the ask for "with the LEAST development effort". Anything else doesn't really matter. B is the only choice as Macie is PII detection and SNS is for alerting.

anikolovOption: D

Amazon Macie quotas: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/macie/latest/user/macie-quotas.html

pentium75

The size limits are about SAMPLE files, not files to analyze.

anikolov

On the same link above: Size of an individual file to analyze: Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) file: 1,024 MB Apache Avro object container (.avro) file: 8 GB Apache Parquet (.parquet) file: 8 GB Email message (.eml) file: 20 GB GNU Zip compressed archive (.gz or .gzip) file: 8 GB Microsoft Excel workbook (.xls or .xlsx) file: 512 MB Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) file: 512 MB Non-binary text file: 20 GB TAR archive (.tar) file: 20 GB ZIP compressed archive (.zip) file: 8 GB If a file is larger than the applicable quota, Macie doesn't analyze any data in the file. and we have mention that "Some of the files can exceed 200 GB in size."

b082cb3

Can not be D because how can a lambda trigger a life cycle policy to remove PII, this is not practical and life cycle policies does not remove files by an invocationCan not be D because how can a lambda trigger a life cycle policy to remove PII, this is not practical and life cycle policies does not remove files by an invocation

lofzeeOption: B

This question is written incorrectly. D has the word "meat" in it for example. Some of the answers are written incorrectly I think or maybe the question is but the answer is B

f04dc74

It's B. This is the trickiest question I've seen so far. Here, you _must_ know precisely what these tools do because context clues won't help you. You *have* to read the question carefully; poor reading comprehension will hurt you. If you're successful at both, the answer is obvious. You need to remedy or fix the problem automatically and simply notify an admin. Macie and (Amazon SNS). The answer is B. "Macie detects a potential issue with the security or privacy of your data, such as a bucket that becomes publicly accessible, Macie generates a finding for you to review and remediate as necessary" - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/macie/latest/user/what-is-macie.html

HectorCostaOption: D

Please note that the question requires a solution that "AUTOMATES REMEDIATION" B states: "trigger a notification to the ADMINISTRATORS TO REMOVE the objects that contain PII" This goes against the "AUTOMATE" requirement

f04dc74

Macie does the remediation - See my previous comment. "Macie detects a potential issue with the security or privacy of your data, such as a bucket that becomes publicly accessible, Macie generates a finding for you to review and remediate as necessary" - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/macie/latest/user/what-is-macie.html

ManikRoyOption: D

Option B does not have the 'Automatic remediation' which is a criteria of the solution. So have to go with D, though it is not a perfect solution.

ManikRoy

Also as per the below link it seems Amazon macie can not work on files as big as 200 GB https://docs.aws.amazon.com/macie/latest/user/macie-quotas.html

JavierEFOption: D

I'm going to with D. A is not the answer because Amazon Inspector does not detect PII. B could be except for the "automate remediation". C does not automate remediation. Even with the extra development effort, D is the answer that suits better the question.

softwaredev10

Macie does do remediation https://docs.aws.amazon.com/macie/latest/user/what-is-macie.html Also the question asks for the solution with the LEAST development effort. Maybe its just me, but I would assume creating a custom scanner would take some time to develop.

NicolasBOption: B

Each time the question asks about PII and security posture of your organization in S3, the option with Macie should be considered. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/macie/latest/user/what-is-macie.html

rt_7777

I am in the consideration B and D. Based on the requirement, it need to detect and notify administrator when PII data uploaded. And with LEAST development effort - option B definite an answer. However, it does not meet the automate remediation which need some extra configuration. I opt for D for the reason meeting 3 points, but development (on coding) could be extra/ also subject to the skillset and experience. Any thought?

SaurabhTiwari1Option: B

Keywords- Sensitive data, Alert, PII = Macie

MoshiurGCP

Amazon Macie to scan the object