A financial firm is using the Amazon S3 bucket to save all critical documents.
During the annual Audit, there was a Non-compliant point raised by Audit Team for not maintaining access logs to these buckets.
As a SysOps administrator, you plan to enable Amazon S3 Server Access Logs for all these buckets.
Which of the following is the recommended option for storing Amazon S3 Server Access Logs?
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A. B. C. D.Correct Answer: A.
For Storing Amazon S3 Server Access Logs, it is recommended to have the Source S3 bucket & target S3 bucket to be separate for easy management of logs.
Both these buckets should be owned by a single account & should be in the same AWS region.
Option B is incorrect as for storing Amazon S3 server access logs, both Source S3 bucket & Target S3 bucket should be in the same region.
Option C is incorrect as for storing Amazon S3 server access logs, both Source S3 bucket & Target S3 bucket should be in the same region.
Option D is incorrect.
Although this setting will work, it is recommended for easy management of Server access logs to have a target bucket different from that source S3 bucket in the same AWS region.
For more information on Amazon S3 Server Access Logging, refer to the following URL-
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/ServerLogs.htmlAs a SysOps administrator, it is essential to maintain compliance and security of the AWS environment. In this scenario, the Audit Team raised a non-compliant point for not maintaining access logs for the critical documents stored in the Amazon S3 bucket. Therefore, the recommended option is to enable Amazon S3 Server Access Logs for all these buckets.
Amazon S3 Server Access Logs helps in monitoring the access of the S3 bucket and provides information about the request made to the S3 bucket, such as the request time, requester's IP address, the requested action, and the response status. By enabling S3 server access logs, it becomes easier to track who accessed the bucket, when it was accessed, and from which IP address. This information helps in detecting unauthorized access, data breaches, and helps in maintaining compliance.
When configuring Amazon S3 Server Access Logs, the recommended option is to create a separate bucket to store access logs. This is because, by creating a separate bucket, the access logs are isolated from the original bucket containing critical documents, ensuring that the logs are not lost if the original bucket is deleted. Additionally, it provides better security as the access logs bucket can have different access policies than the original bucket.
Now coming to the answer options, the recommended option is to create a separate bucket to store access logs. Therefore, options A and B are correct. However, option B suggests creating buckets in different AWS regions, which can increase the complexity of data transfer costs, data consistency, and compliance requirements. Therefore, it is better to create buckets in the same AWS region, as suggested in option A.
On the other hand, options C and D suggest using the same bucket to store access logs. While it is technically possible to use the same bucket to store access logs, it is not a recommended practice. This is because it can increase the complexity of access policies and can lead to overwriting of critical data if access logs are not managed correctly.
To summarize, the recommended option for storing Amazon S3 Server Access Logs is to create a separate bucket, and the source and target bucket should be created in the same AWS region, as suggested in option A.