AWS Certified Security - Specialty SCS-C02 — Topic 1 Question 279

Question

A security engineer has noticed an unusually high amount of traffic coming from a single IP address. This was discovered by analyzing the Application Load Balancer’s access logs. How can the security engineer limit the number of requests from a specific IP address without blocking the IP address?

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: B. The correct answer is B. Option B: Implement a rate-based rule with AWS WAF. AWS WAF protects web applications from common exploits and malicious requests.

AWS Certified Security - Specialty SCS-C02 — Question 279