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SCS-C02 · Question #72

A company's security engineer has configured a client account to capture AWS CloudTrail logs that are then sent to an Amazon S3 bucket. The S3 bucket that stores these CloudTrail logs has always been

The correct answer is A. The security engineer's IAM user does not have encrypt and decrypt permissions for the new. When a new user or role needs to access the bucket data, one must grant permission on both

Submitted by yaw92· Mar 6, 2026Data Protection

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A company's security engineer has configured a client account to capture AWS CloudTrail logs that are then sent to an Amazon S3 bucket. The S3 bucket that stores these CloudTrail logs has always been configured to use AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) with the default KMS key (aws/s3) for encryption. Recently, the company changed the key on the S3 bucket to a new KMS key. Since the modification of the bucket key, the security engineer cannot retrieve new CloudTrail log files that are written to the S3 bucket. The security engineer receives the following error message:

"An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the GetObject operation: Access Denied". Log files that were written to the S3 bucket before the bucket key was changed are still accessible. The company used the new KMS key to encrypt other S3 buckets, and the same error is occurring with those S3 buckets. What is the MOST likely cause of this error?

Options

  • AThe security engineer's IAM user does not have encrypt and decrypt permissions for the new
  • BThe security engineer's IAM user does not have administrative permissions for the new KMS key.
  • CThe S3 bucket policy needs modification to allow users to access objects that are encrypted with
  • DThe S3 bucket policy needs modification to allow the security engineer's IAM user to access

How the community answered

(36 responses)
  • A
    81% (29)
  • B
    11% (4)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    6% (2)

Explanation

When a new user or role needs to access the bucket data, one must grant permission on both

Topics

#KMS key policy#S3 encryption#CloudTrail logs#decrypt permissions

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