AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 519

Which of the following is entirely the responsibility of AWS, according to the AWS snared responsibility model?

Answer options

• A. Security awareness and training
• B. Development of an IAM password policy
• C. Patching of the guest operating system
• D. Physical and environmental controls

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, AWS is solely responsible for the physical and environmental controls of the infrastructure hosting the services. Configuring IAM password policies and patching guest operating systems are customer responsibilities, while security awareness training is a shared control where both parties must train their respective employees.