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Which approach will generate automated security alerts should too many unauthorized AWS API requests be identified?

A.
Create an Amazon CloudWatch metric filter that looks for API call error codes and then implement an alarm based on that metric’s rate.
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Create an Amazon CloudWatch metric filter that looks for API call error codes and then implement an alarm based on that metric’s rate.
B.
Configure AWS CloudTrail to stream event data to Amazon Kinesis. Configure an AWS Lambda function on the stream to alarm when the threshold has been exceeded.
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Configure AWS CloudTrail to stream event data to Amazon Kinesis. Configure an AWS Lambda function on the stream to alarm when the threshold has been exceeded.
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Run an Amazon Athena SQL query against CloudTrail log files. Use Amazon QuickSight to create an operational dashboard.
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Run an Amazon Athena SQL query against CloudTrail log files. Use Amazon QuickSight to create an operational dashboard.
D.
Use the Amazon Personal Health Dashboard to monitor the account’s use of AWS services, and raise an alert if service error rates increase.
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Use the Amazon Personal Health Dashboard to monitor the account’s use of AWS services, and raise an alert if service error rates increase.
Suggested answer: A

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https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/cloudwatch-alarms-forcloudtrail.html#cloudwatch-alarms-for-cloudtrail-authorization-failuresOpen the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/. In the navigationpane, choose Logs. In the list of log groups, select the check box next to the log group that youcreated for CloudTrail log events. Choose Create Metric Filter. On the Define Logs Metric Filterscreen, choose Filter Pattern and then type the following: { ($.errorCode ="*UnauthorizedOperation") || ($.errorCode = "AccessDenied*") } Choose Assign Metric. For FilterName, type AuthorizationFailures. For Metric Namespace, type CloudTrailMetrics. For Metric Name,type AuthorizationFailureCount.

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