DOP-C02 Exam Dumps : AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

The best solution is to use AWS Config and AWS Security Hub to identify and remediate noncompliant resources across multiple AWS accounts. AWS Config enables continuous monitoring of the configuration of AWS resources and evaluates them against desired configurations. AWS Config can also automatically remediate noncompliant resources by using conformance packs, which are a collection of AWS Config rules and remediation actions that can be deployed as a single entity. AWS Security Hub provides a comprehensive view of the security posture of AWS accounts and resources. AWS Security Hub can aggregate and normalize the findings from AWS Config and other AWS services, as well as from partner solutions. AWS Security Hub can also be used to create a dashboard for tracking noncompliant resources and events in a centralized location.

The other options are not optimal because they either require more development overhead, do not provide near real time detection and remediation, or do not provide a centralized dashboard for tracking.

Option A is not optimal because CloudFormation drift detection is not a near real time solution. Drift detection has to be manually initiated on each stack or resource, or scheduled using a cron expression. Drift detection also does not provide remediation actions, so a custom Lambda function has to be developed and invoked. CloudWatch Logs and dashboard can be used for tracking, but they do not provide a comprehensive view of the security posture of the AWS accounts and resources.

Option B is not optimal because CloudTrail logs analysis using Athena is not a near real time solution. Athena queries have to be manually run or scheduled using a cron expression. Athena also does not provide remediation actions, so a custom Lambda function has to be developed and invoked. Step Functions can be used to orchestrate the query and remediation workflow, but it adds more complexity and cost. QuickSight dashboard can be used for tracking, but it does not provide a comprehensive view of the security posture of the AWS accounts and resources.

Option D is not optimal because CloudTrail logs analysis using CloudWatch Logs is not a near real time solution. CloudWatch Logs filters have to be manually created or updated for each resource type and configuration change. CloudWatch Logs also does not provide remediation actions, so a custom Lambda function has to be developed and invoked. EventBridge can be used to trigger the Lambda function, but it adds more complexity and cost. OpenSearch Service dashboard can be used for tracking, but it does not provide a comprehensive view of the security posture of the AWS accounts and resources.

AWS Config conformance packs

Introducing AWS Config conformance packs

Managing conformance packs across all accounts in your organization

Installing the CloudWatch agent and instrumenting the application to push custom metrics to the agent is the easiest and lowest overhead method.

Prometheus (B) adds operational complexity.

Lambda polling (C) introduces unnecessary complexity and latency.

Using Logs Insights (D) requires extracting metrics from logs, which is less efficient.

To prevent ApplicationA from being installed on the additional instance, the deployment group configuration needs to be more specific. By changing the current single tag group to include only the Environment=Production tag and adding another single tag group that includes only the Name=ApplicationA tag, the deployment process will target only the instances that match both tag groups. This ensures that only instances intended for ApplicationA with the correct environment and name tags will receive the deployment, thus excluding the additional instance with the Department=Marketing and Name=ApplicationB tags.

AWS CodeDeploy Documentation: Working with instances for CodeDeploy

AWS CodeDeploy Documentation: Stop a deployment with CodeDeploy

Stack Overflow Discussion: CodeDeploy Deployment failed to stop Application