Your organization wants to automate the 'Rotation' of an IAM Access Key for a developer whose keys have not been changed in 90 days. Which combination of AWS services is best for this automation?

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Correct Answer: AWS Config (to detect old keys) -> Amazon EventBridge -> AWS Lambda (to rotate the key)

Config can monitor the age of IAM keys, and EventBridge can trigger a Lambda function to perform the rotation logic....

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Your organization wants to automate the 'Rotation' of an IAM Access Key for a developer whose keys have not been changed in 90 days. Which combination of AWS services is best for this automation?

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AWS Config (to detect old keys) -> Amazon EventBridge -> AWS Lambda (to rotate the key)

Why This Answer Is Correct

Config can monitor the age of IAM keys, and EventBridge can trigger a Lambda function to perform the rotation logic.

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