A company is creating an Amazon EC2 instance. The company wants to control the incoming and outgoing network traffic at the EC2 instance level. Which AWS service or resource will meet this requirement

The correct answer is C. Security groups. Security groups act as stateful virtual firewalls attached to EC2 instances, allowing you to define and enforce inbound and outbound traffic rules at the instance level.

Submitted by satoshi_tk· Mar 6, 2026Security and Compliance

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A company is creating an Amazon EC2 instance. The company wants to control the incoming and outgoing network traffic at the EC2 instance level. Which AWS service or resource will meet this requirement?

Options

AAmazon GuardDuty
BAmazon Inspector
CSecurity groups
DAWS Shield

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A
2% (1)
C
94% (47)
D
4% (2)

Explanation

Security groups act as stateful virtual firewalls attached to EC2 instances, allowing you to define and enforce inbound and outbound traffic rules at the instance level.

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