AWS Certified Security – Specialty SCS-C01 – Question250

A security engineer has noticed an unusually high amount of traffic coming from a single IP address. This was discovered by analyzing the Application Load Balancer's access logs.
How can the security engineer limit the number of requests from a specific IP address without blocking the IP address?

A.
Add a rule to the Application Load Balancer to route the traffic originating from the IP address in question and show a static webpage.
B. Implement a rate-based rule with AWS WAF.
C. Use AWS Shield to limit the originating traffic hit rate.
D. Implement the GeoLocation feature in Amazon Route 53.

Correct Answer: B