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Domain 3.2: Security ImprovementSecurityGuardDutyEventBridgeIncident Response

AWS SAP-C02 · Question 39 · Domain 3.2: Security Improvement

A security team wants to automate the response to compromised Amazon EC2 instances. If Amazon GuardDuty detects that an EC2 instance is communicating with a known command-and-control (C&C) server, the instance must be immediately isolated from the network, and a forensic snapshot of its EBS volume must be taken. What is the MOST automated way to achieve this?

Answer options:

A.

Use AWS Config rules to detect the GuardDuty finding and trigger an AWS Systems Manager Automation document.

B.

Create an Amazon EventBridge rule triggered by GuardDuty findings. Route the event to an AWS Step Functions state machine that isolates the instance via Security Groups and triggers an EBS snapshot.

C.

Configure Amazon Macie to monitor network traffic and trigger a Lambda function to isolate the instance.

D.

Write a cron job on a management instance to poll the GuardDuty API every 5 minutes and execute a bash script.

How to approach this question

Identify the event routing and orchestration services.

Full Answer

B.Create an Amazon EventBridge rule triggered by GuardDuty findings. Route the event to an AWS Step Functions state machine that isolates the instance via Security Groups and triggers an EBS snapshot.✓ Correct
Create an Amazon EventBridge rule triggered by GuardDuty findings. Route the event to an AWS Step Functions state machine that isolates the instance via Security Groups and triggers an EBS snapshot.
Amazon GuardDuty sends findings to Amazon EventBridge. EventBridge can trigger an AWS Step Functions state machine, which can orchestrate the complex workflow of changing Security Groups (isolation) and taking snapshots (forensics).

Common mistakes

Confusing AWS Config's purpose with EventBridge's real-time event routing.

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