Question

A company runs several Amazon EC2 instances hosting web applications. The security team has identified that some instances are running outdated operating system patches. According to the AWS shared responsibility model, who is responsible for patching the guest operating system on these EC2 instances?

Accepted Answer

The customer is responsible for patching the guest operating system on EC2 instances

Answer

AWS is responsible for patching the guest operating system on all EC2 instances automatically

Answer

AWS and the customer share responsibility, with AWS providing patches and the customer applying them

Answer

AWS is responsible for patching the hypervisor, which automatically updates the guest operating system