AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 626

Under the AWS shared responsibility model, which of the following is a responsibility of the customer?

Answer options

• A. Shred disk drives before they leave a data center.
• B. Prevent customers from gathering packets or collecting traffic at the hypervisor level.
• C. Patch the guest operating system with the latest security patches.
• D. Maintain security systems that provide physical monitoring of data centers.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Under the AWS shared responsibility model, AWS manages security 'of' the cloud, which encompasses physical security, hardware decommissioning, and hypervisor management. The customer is responsible for security 'in' the cloud, which includes configuring and patching any guest operating systems they deploy. Therefore, updating the guest operating system is a customer responsibility, while the other options are managed by AWS.