AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 131

A company needs to identify personally identifiable information (PII), such as credit card numbers, from data that is stored in Amazon S3.
Which AWS service should the company use to meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. Amazon Inspector
• B. AWS Shield
• C. Amazon GuardDuty
• D. Amazon Macie

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Amazon Macie is specifically designed to discover and protect sensitive data, making it the best choice for identifying PII in Amazon S3. The other options, such as Amazon Inspector, AWS Shield, and Amazon GuardDuty, focus on different aspects of security and compliance and do not specialize in identifying PII.