AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 182

A company wants to migrate its on-premises Microsoft SQL Server database server to the AWS Cloud. The company has decided to use Amazon EC2 instances to run this database.
Which of the following is the company responsible for managing, according to the AWS shared responsibility model?

Answer options

• A. EC2 hypervisor
• B. Security patching of the guest operating system
• C. Network connectivity of the host server
• D. Uptime service level agreement (SLA) for the EC2 instances

Correct answer: B

Explanation

According to the AWS shared responsibility model, customers are responsible for managing the security of the guest operating system, which includes security patching. The EC2 hypervisor and host server connectivity are managed by AWS, and while customers may have some responsibilities regarding uptime, the SLA itself is defined and managed by AWS.