Correct Answer: Manage KMS keys via CloudFormation in a CI/CD pipeline with a manual approval stage
Modeling key management as code in a pipeline allows for mandatory human-in-the-loop gates....
Correct Answer
Manage KMS keys via CloudFormation in a CI/CD pipeline with a manual approval stage
Why This Answer Is Correct
Modeling key management as code in a pipeline allows for mandatory human-in-the-loop gates.
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Your team is using AWS CodePipeline to deploy a multi-account application. You want to ensure that a production deployment only occurs if a security scan (SAST) in the staging account passes. How can you implement this cross-account approval and gating mechanism?
An organization wants to implement 'Blue/Green' deployments for their Application Load Balancer-based ECS service. They want to use AWS CodeDeploy to automate the traffic shifting. Which deployment configuration should they use for a zero-downtime, safe transition?
To ensure that all CloudFormation templates deployed across an organization follow security best practices (e.g., no public S3 buckets), which feature of AWS CloudFormation should be used to intercept and validate resource creation?
Your organization wants to automate the patching of thousands of EC2 instances across multiple regions and accounts. They want to ensure that if a patch fails on more than 10% of the fleet, the process stops immediately. Which AWS Systems Manager feature handles this?
To implement a Canary deployment for an AWS Lambda function, you decide to use 'Lambda Aliases' and 'Traffic Shifting'. Which AWS service can automate this process and roll back if CloudWatch Alarms are triggered?