AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate

AWS Config and Conformance Packs

How to turn a compliance requirement into a continuously evaluated control: the configuration recorder and configuration items, rule triggers and evaluation modes, automatic remediation through Systems Manager, and packaging rules for an entire organization.

Advanced 30 minutes 7 Learning Objectives
  1. Explain what a configuration item is and how the configuration recorder produces one
  2. Distinguish AWS Config from CloudTrail for a given evidence requirement
  3. Select the correct rule trigger type and evaluation mode for a stated requirement
  4. Interpret the 4 rule evaluation results, including NOT_APPLICABLE
  5. Configure automatic remediation with a Systems Manager Automation document and describe its retry behavior
  6. Deploy a conformance pack to an account or an organization and read its compliance score
  7. Choose between an aggregator, an organization rule, and an organization conformance pack for a multi-account requirement