AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 436

What is the customer ALWAYS responsible for managing, according to the AWS shared responsibility model?

Answer options

• A. Software licenses
• B. Networking
• C. Customer data
• D. Encryption keys

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Under the AWS shared responsibility model, the customer is always responsible for the security of their own data in the cloud. Physical networking is managed entirely by AWS, while software licensing and encryption key management can be shared or offloaded depending on the specific AWS services chosen. Therefore, customer data remains the sole, unchanging responsibility of the customer across all service models.