A financial institution requires 24/7 support and financial protection against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks for its critical web applications. The applications are hosted on EC2 instances behind an ALB.<br/><br/>Which AWS service provides these specific benefits?

Answer options:

AWS Shield Standard

AWS WAF

AWS Shield Advanced

AWS Firewall Manager

How to approach this question

Look for 'financial protection' and '24/7 support'.

Full Answer

C.AWS Shield Advanced✓ Correct

AWS Shield Advanced provides enhanced protections for your applications running on AWS. It includes 24/7 access to the AWS Shield Response Team (SRT) and cost protection to safeguard against scaling charges resulting from DDoS-related usage spikes.

Common mistakes

Choosing Shield Standard, which is free but lacks advanced support and financial protection.

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