AWS Resources and Customer Responsibility

Correct Answer: C.

Amazon EC2 is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for which customers are responsible for the security and the management of guest operating systems.

Options A, B, and D are incorrect as all these resources are part of abstracted services for which AWS is responsible for the security, & infrastructure layer.

Customers are responsible for data that is saved on these resources.

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Out of the given options, the customer is responsible for infrastructure-related security configurations in Amazon EC2.

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It allows customers to rent virtual machines (instances) on which they can run their own applications. The customer has full control over the virtual machine, including the operating system and any applications installed on it.

This means that the customer is responsible for managing the security of the operating system, any applications installed on it, and the data stored on it. This includes tasks such as installing security updates, configuring firewalls, managing user access, and monitoring system logs.

In contrast, Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) and Amazon DynamoDB are managed database services. AWS takes care of the infrastructure-related security configurations, such as network isolation, backups, and software patching. However, the customer is still responsible for securing their own data, such as encrypting sensitive data and managing database access.

AWS Fargate is a serverless computing service that allows customers to run containers without managing the underlying infrastructure. AWS is responsible for the security of the underlying infrastructure, such as securing the network and managing the underlying servers. The customer is responsible for securing their container images and configuring their containers securely.

In summary, for Amazon EC2, the customer is responsible for infrastructure-related security configurations such as managing the operating system, applications, and data security. For Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, and AWS Fargate, AWS takes care of the infrastructure-related security configurations, but the customer is still responsible for securing their own data and configuring their applications securely.