A customer wants to secure an application that runs on an Amazon EC2 instance. Which responsibilities belong to the customer according to the AWS shared responsibility model? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. Installing security patches E. Encrypting data at the application level. Customers are responsible for installing and managing security patches on the operating system of Amazon EC2 instances and for implementing encryption at the application level, as these tasks fall within the customer’s control under the AWS shared responsibility model.

Submitted by saadiq_pk· Mar 6, 2026Security and Compliance

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Options

AInstalling security patches
BEncrypting the data that is stored in the database
CBacking up the database server
DManaging the physical server
EEncrypting data at the application level

How the community answered

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A
80% (36)
B
11% (5)
C
7% (3)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

Customers are responsible for installing and managing security patches on the operating system of Amazon EC2 instances and for implementing encryption at the application level, as these tasks fall within the customer’s control under the AWS shared responsibility model.

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