A company is using Amazon EC2 instances. Which tasks are the company's responsibility, according to the AWS shared responsibility model? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is B. Patch the guest operating system. C. Configure a security group on deployed EC2 instances.. With EC2, the customer is responsible for managing and patching the guest OS and configuring instance-level controls like security groups; AWS handles the underlying hardware, hypervisor, and core network infrastructure.

Submitted by klara.se· Mar 6, 2026Security and Compliance

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AMaintain the network infrastructure.
BPatch the guest operating system.
CConfigure a security group on deployed EC2 instances.
DProvide physical security for the underlying hardware of the EC2 instances.
EManage the underlying hypervisor.

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A
4% (2)
B
72% (39)
D
17% (9)
E
7% (4)

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With EC2, the customer is responsible for managing and patching the guest OS and configuring instance-level controls like security groups; AWS handles the underlying hardware, hypervisor, and core network infrastructure.

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