A company uses AWS Organizations to create separate AWS accounts for each business unit. The root email recipient missed a notification sent to the root user email address of one account. The company wants to ensure future notifications are not missed and that they are limited to account administrators. Which solution meets these requirements?
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Correct answer: Configure all AWS account root user email addresses as distribution lists that route to a few administrators who can respond to alerts. Configure AWS account alternate contacts in the AWS Organizations console or programmatically..
Why this is the answer
The correct solution involves two key steps. First, configuring the root user email addresses as distribution lists ensures that multiple administrators receive notifications, preventing a single point of failure and missed alerts. This addresses the requirement that notifications are not missed. Second, configuring AWS account alternate contacts (billing, operations, and security) in AWS Organizations allows specific administrators to receive notifications relevant to their roles, limiting the recipients to account administrators as required. Incorrect options: Forwarding to all users in the organization is too broad and doesn't limit notifications to administrators. Sending to one administrator creates a single point of failure and doesn't guarantee timely responses if that administrator is unavailable. Using the same root user email for all accounts is not best practice for security and account isolation within AWS Organizations.
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