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    PracticeAWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)AWS SAA-C03 Practice Exam 1Question 15
    Medium1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 1.3: Data SecurityDomain 1SecurityS3Object Lock

    AWS SAA-C03 · Question 15 · Domain 1.3: Data Security

    A financial institution needs to store regulatory records in Amazon S3. The records must not be deleted or overwritten by any user, including the AWS account root user, for a period of 7 years. Which S3 feature meets this requirement?

    Answer options:

    A.

    S3 Versioning with MFA Delete

    B.

    S3 Object Lock in Governance mode

    C.

    S3 Object Lock in Compliance mode

    D.

    S3 Lifecycle policies

    How to approach this question

    Identify the need for WORM (Write Once Read Many) storage that even the root user cannot bypass. This is S3 Object Lock in Compliance mode.

    Full Answer

    C.S3 Object Lock in Compliance mode✓ Correct
    S3 Object Lock provides WORM storage. In Compliance mode, a protected object version can't be overwritten or deleted by any user, including the root user in your AWS account. In Governance mode, users with special permissions can alter the retention settings.

    Common mistakes

    Confusing Governance mode (can be bypassed) with Compliance mode (cannot be bypassed).
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