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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 · Domain 2: Security and Compliance

Logging and monitoring for security: AWS CloudTrail, Amazon CloudWatch and AWS Trusted Advisor security checks

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You cannot secure what you cannot see. Three services give you visibility into what is happening in your AWS account, each from a different angle: AWS CloudTrail records who did what, Amazon CloudWatch measures how things are performing and raises alarms, and AWS Trusted Advisor checks your account against best practices. The exam expects you to know which one records what, and it frequently puts them side by side as options.

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