AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) — Question 326

An administrator of a large company wants to monitor for and prevent any cryptocurrency-related attacks on the company's AWS accounts.
Which AWS service can the administrator use to protect the company against attacks?

Answer options

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Amazon GuardDuty is a continuous security monitoring service that excels at detecting threats like cryptocurrency mining and unauthorized access within AWS environments. In contrast, Amazon Cognito manages user authentication, Amazon Inspector performs vulnerability assessments on EC2 instances and container images, and Amazon Macie discovers and protects sensitive data stored in Amazon S3.