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A company is developing a highly resilient application to be hosted on multiple Amazon EC2 instances . The application will store highly sensitive user data in Amazon RDS tables

The application must

* Include migration to a different IAM Region in the application disaster recovery plan.

* Provide a full audit trail of encryption key administration events

* Allow only company administrators to administer keys.

* Protect data at rest using application layer encryption

A Security Engineer is evaluating options for encryption key management

Why should the Security Engineer choose IAM CloudHSM over IAM KMS for encryption key management in this situation?

A.
The key administration event logging generated by CloudHSM is significantly more extensive than IAM KMS.
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A.
The key administration event logging generated by CloudHSM is significantly more extensive than IAM KMS.
B.
CloudHSM ensures that only company support staff can administer encryption keys, whereas IAM KMS allows IAM staff to administer keys
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B.
CloudHSM ensures that only company support staff can administer encryption keys, whereas IAM KMS allows IAM staff to administer keys
C.
The ciphertext produced by CloudHSM provides more robust protection against brute force decryption attacks than the ciphertext produced by IAM KMS
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C.
The ciphertext produced by CloudHSM provides more robust protection against brute force decryption attacks than the ciphertext produced by IAM KMS
D.
CloudHSM provides the ability to copy keys to a different Region, whereas IAM KMS does not
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D.
CloudHSM provides the ability to copy keys to a different Region, whereas IAM KMS does not
Suggested answer: B

Explanation:

CloudHSM allows full control of your keys such including Symmetric (AES), Asymmetric (RSA), Sha-256, SHA 512, Hash Based, Digital Signatures (RSA).On the other hand, AWS Key Management Service is a multi-tenant key storage that is owned and managed by AWS1.

asked 16/09/2024
cheitram patel
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