Answer: AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)

## Explanation AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) is the correct service for securing web applications with SSL/TLS encryption because: - **ACM provides SSL/TLS certificates** that can be used to encrypt traffic between clients and web applications - It **automatically handles certificate provisioning, deployment, and renewal** - ACM certificates can be easily integrated with AWS services like Elastic Load Balancers, CloudFront distributions, and API Gateway - The service is **free when used with supported AWS services** ### Why other options are incorrect: - **AWS WAF**: Web Application Firewall - protects against web exploits, not SSL/TLS encryption - **AWS Shield**: DDoS protection service - protects against distributed denial of service attacks - **Amazon VPC**: Virtual Private Cloud - provides network isolation and segmentation, not SSL/TLS encryption ACM is specifically designed to simplify the process of obtaining, managing, and deploying SSL/TLS certificates for AWS workloads.

Author: Ritesh Yadav