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# Hands-on Labs & Final Challenge

#### **Scenario:**

SecureCart’s security team must **audit and implement high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies** across all AWS services.

#### **Final Study Group Challenges:**

✅ **Scenario 1:** Deploy Multi-AZ RDS & Use Amazon RDS Proxy for Failover\
✅ **Scenario 2:** Configure Route 53 Failover Routing for Multi-Region Traffic Management\
✅ **Scenario 3:** Automate Infrastructure Recovery Using AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery\
✅ **Scenario 4:** Implement Load Balancing & Auto Scaling for Traffic Surge Handling\
✅ **Scenario 5:** Use AWS X-Ray to Monitor Application Performance

🔹 **Outcome:** Learners **demonstrate AWS best practices for high availability, disaster recovery, and monitoring**.

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### **📚 Recommended Study Resources**

✅ **AWS Well-Architected Framework – Reliability Pillar**\
✅ **AWS Disaster Recovery Strategies Whitepaper**\
✅ **AWS Auto Scaling & Load Balancing Best Practices**\
✅ **AWS Health Monitoring & Incident Response**\
✅ **AWS X-Ray & CloudWatch for Observability**