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SCS-C02 · Question #286

Users report intermittent availability of a web application hosted on AWS. Monitoring systems report an excess of abnormal network traffic followed by high CPU utilization on the application web…

The correct answer is B. Deploy an Intrusion Detection/Prevention System (IDS/IPS) to monitor or block unusual incoming D. Create Amazon CloudFront distribution and configure AWS WAF rules to protect the web. Use CloudFront with an EC2 origin to utilize CDN benefits. Use a WAF to protect the web application from exploits.

Submitted by diego_uy· Mar 6, 2026Infrastructure Security

Question

Users report intermittent availability of a web application hosted on AWS. Monitoring systems report an excess of abnormal network traffic followed by high CPU utilization on the application web tier. Which of the following techniques will improve the availability of the application? (Choose two.)

Options

  • ADeploy AWS WAF to block all unsecured web applications from accessing the internet.
  • BDeploy an Intrusion Detection/Prevention System (IDS/IPS) to monitor or block unusual incoming
  • CConfigure security groups to allow outgoing network traffic only from hosts that are protected with
  • DCreate Amazon CloudFront distribution and configure AWS WAF rules to protect the web
  • EUse the default Amazon VPC for externakfacing systems to allow AWS to actively block malicious

How the community answered

(44 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    73% (32)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • E
    16% (7)

Explanation

Use CloudFront with an EC2 origin to utilize CDN benefits. Use a WAF to protect the web application from exploits.

Topics

#DDoS mitigation#AWS WAF#CloudFront#IDS/IPS

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