QuestionQ138

Content Domain 3: Cloud Technology and Services

Which AWS service is used to temporarily provide federated security credentials to access AWS resources?

  • A Amazon GuardDuty
  • B AWS Simple Token Service (AWS STS)
  • C AWS Secrets Manager
  • D AWS Certificate Manager
Explanation

AWS Security Token Service (STS) provides temporary security credentials for federated access, allowing users authenticated through external identity providers to assume roles and access AWS resources with limited permissions. GuardDuty detects threats; Secrets Manager stores long-term credentials; and Certificate Manager manages SSL/TLS certificates.

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