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SAA-C03 · Question #103

A company needs to set up a centralized solution to audit API calls to AWS for workloads that run on AWS services and non AWS services. The company must store logs of the audits for 7 years. Which sol

The correct answer is B. Configure custom integrations for AWS CloudTrail Lake to collect and store CloudTrail events. AWS CloudTrail Lakeis a fully managed service that allows the collection, storage, and querying ofCloudTrail eventsfor both AWS and non-AWS services. CloudTrail Lake can be customized to collect logs from various sources, ensuring a centralized audit solution. It also supports lo

Submitted by sofia.br· Mar 4, 2026Design Secure Architectures

Question

A company needs to set up a centralized solution to audit API calls to AWS for workloads that run on AWS services and non AWS services. The company must store logs of the audits for 7 years. Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?

Options

  • ASet up a data lake in Amazon S3. Incorporate AWS CloudTrail logs and logs from non AWS
  • BConfigure custom integrations for AWS CloudTrail Lake to collect and store CloudTrail events
  • CEnable AWS CloudTrail for AWS services. Ingest non AWS services into CloudTrail to store the
  • DCreate new Amazon CloudWatch Logs groups. Send the audit data from non AWS services to

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    11% (3)
  • B
    78% (21)
  • C
    7% (2)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

AWS CloudTrail Lakeis a fully managed service that allows the collection, storage, and querying ofCloudTrail eventsfor both AWS and non-AWS services. CloudTrail Lake can be customized to collect logs from various sources, ensuring a centralized audit solution. It also supports long-term storage, so logs can be retained for 7 years, meeting the compliance requirement. Option A (Data Lake): Setting up a data lake in S3 introduces unnecessary operational complexity compared to CloudTrail Lake. Option C (Ingest non-AWS services into CloudTrail): CloudTrail Lake is better suited for this task with less operational overhead. Option D (CloudWatch Logs): While CloudWatch can store logs, CloudTrail Lake is specifically designed for API auditing and storage.

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