ANS-C01 Network Security, Compliance and Governance Practice Question
A company wants to securely store database credentials and automatically rotate them every 90 days. Which TWO AWS services can work together to achieve this? (Choose TWO.)
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AWS Secrets Manager
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AWS Secrets Manager
Why this is correct
Secrets Manager stores secrets and has built-in rotation.
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AWS CloudHSM
Why it's wrong here
CloudHSM is for key storage, not secret management.
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AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
Why it's wrong here
KMS encrypts secrets but does not store or rotate them.
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AWS Lambda
Why this is correct
Lambda can be used as a custom rotation function for Secrets Manager.
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AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
Why it's wrong here
Parameter Store can store secrets but does not have native rotation.
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