Q100 — AWS SAA-C03 Ch.13

Question 100 of 100 | ← Chapter 13

Q1000. A company needs to implement a new data retention policy for regulatory compliance. As part of this policy, sensitive documents that are stored in an Amazon S3 bucket must be protected from deletion or modification for a fixed period of time.Which solution will meet these requirements?

Correct Answer: B. Activate S3 Object Lock on the required objects and enable compliance mode.

Explanation

To implement a data retention policy for regulatory compliance that protects sensitive documents stored in an Amazon S3 bucket from deletion or modification for a fixed period of time, the best solution is:B. Activate S3 Object Lock on the required objects and enable compliance mode.Explanation:S3 Object Lock: This feature allows you to prevent objects from being deleted or overwritten for a specified retention period. Compliance Mode: When you enable compliance mode, no one (including the root user) can delete or modify the objects until the retention period expires. This meets regulatory requirements for data immutability.Evaluation of Other Options:A. Activate S3 Object Lock on the required objects and enable governance mode: While governance mode allows you to protect objects from being deleted or modified, it does allow users with specific permissions to override this protection, which may not meet strict regulatory compliance needs.C. Enable versioning on the S3 bucket...: While versioning can help recover deleted objects, it does not prevent the deletion of objects in the first place. This option does not provide the required immutability for compliance.D. Configure an S3 Lifecycle policy...: Lifecycle policies can transition objects to different storage classes or delete them after a specified period, but they do not prevent deletion or modification during that time. This option does not ensure compliance with data retention requirements.In summary, Option B is the most suitable solution for ensuring that sensitive documents are protected from deletion or modification in accordance with regulatory compliance.