A company wants to identify which of their thousands of S3 buckets are public or have sensitive data like PII. Which service should they use?

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Correct Answer: Amazon Macie

Amazon Macie uses machine learning to automatically discover, classify, and protect sensitive data in S3....

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A company wants to identify which of their thousands of S3 buckets are public or have sensitive data like PII. Which service should they use?

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Amazon Macie

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Amazon Macie uses machine learning to automatically discover, classify, and protect sensitive data in S3.

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