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AWS SAA-C03 · Question 08 · Domain 1.2: Secure Workloads
A company hosts a web application on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The security team has detected SQL injection attempts against the application.<br/><br/>Which AWS service should a solutions architect deploy to block these attacks?
A company hosts a web application on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The security team has detected SQL injection attempts against the application.<br/><br/>Which AWS service should a solutions architect deploy to block these attacks?
Answer options:
A.
AWS Shield Standard
B.
AWS Network Firewall
C.
AWS WAF
D.
Amazon GuardDuty
How to approach this question
Identify the service that protects against Layer 7 web exploits.
Full Answer
C.AWS WAF✓ Correct
AWS WAF
AWS WAF can be attached to an ALB, API Gateway, or CloudFront distribution to filter web traffic based on rules you define, such as blocking SQL injection (SQLi) patterns.
Common mistakes
Confusing AWS Shield (DDoS) with AWS WAF (Web exploits).
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