Correct Answer: AWS Shield Standard
Shield Standard is automatically enabled for all AWS customers to protect against common attacks....
Correct Answer
AWS Shield Standard
Why This Answer Is Correct
Shield Standard is automatically enabled for all AWS customers to protect against common attacks.
This question evaluates your knowledge of AWS Shield — a core concept tested in AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02). Understanding AWS Shield is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.
Your public-facing web application is under a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. You need a managed service to detect and mitigate these attacks automatically. What should you enable?
What is the primary benefit of upgrading to AWS Shield Advanced?
On which AWS services can you enable AWS Shield Advanced protection?
What is the 'Shield Response Team' (SRT)?
Does AWS Shield Standard provide protection against Application Layer (Layer 7) attacks like SQL injection?