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Difficulty: MediumCompliance and Governance

A financial technology company is preparing for an annual security audit and needs to retrieve the latest AWS Service Organization Control (SOC) reports to verify AWS compliance. Which AWS service or portal provides on-demand access to these third-party audit reports?

  1. A
    AWS Support Center
  2. B
    Amazon Inspector
  3. AWS ArtifactAnswer
  4. D
    AWS CloudTrail

Answer

AWS Artifact is the AWS portal that provides on-demand access to AWS compliance reports and agreements.
AWS Artifact is the primary, self-service portal for downloading AWS compliance documentation, such as SOC and PCI reports, which are necessary for proving compliance to auditors.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the business requirement of retrieving external compliance reports (like SOC reports) for AWS infrastructure.
The requirement is to download third-party compliance documents demonstrating AWS security posture.
Knowing what document or certification is required helps identify the correct portal designed for compliance artifacts.
2
Select the specific AWS service that acts as the repository for audit reports and agreements.
AWS Artifact is identified as the service dedicated to providing AWS compliance reports.
AWS Artifact is the only self-service portal on AWS specifically designed to let customers download these reports directly.

Key Concept

AWS compliance reports and agreements retrieval via AWS Artifact
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Compliance and Governance

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