AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate SOA-C02 — Topic 1 Question 118

Question

A database is running on an Amazon RDS Multi-AZ DB instance. A recent security audit found the database to be out of compliance because it was not encrypted. Which approach will resolve the encryption requirement?

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: D. The correct answer is D. Option D: Take a snapshot of the RDS instance, copy and encrypt the snapshot, and then restore to the new RDS instance. Amazon RDS is a managed relational database that handles patching, backups and failover. By spanning multiple Availability Zones / adding redundancy, this option provides the high availability and resilience required.

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate SOA-C02 — Question 118