SAA-C03 Domain 3: Design Secure Architectures

During peak traffic, the platform team must encrypt data at rest in S3 with customer-managed keys. What should they do FIRST? encrypt data at rest in S3 with customer-managed keys.

Multiple choice — select one answer

Answer choices

  1. a. SSE-KMS on Amazon S3
  2. b. AWS IAM with MFA
  3. c. AWS WAF
  4. d. IAM roles with STS

Architectural breakdown & explanation

SSE-KMS integrates with AWS KMS for key control.

Correct answer(s): a. SSE-KMS on Amazon S3

Exam domain: Domain 3: Design Secure Architectures (24% weight on the official guide).

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