CV0-004 Security Practice Question
A company is implementing a secrets management solution. The security team wants to ensure that secrets are protected and rotated regularly. Which THREE of the following are best practices for secrets management?
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Why each option matters
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Audit access to secrets to detect unauthorized usage.
Best practices include using a dedicated vault, rotating secrets, avoiding hard-coded secrets, and auditing access.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Audit access to secrets to detect unauthorized usage.
Why this is correct
Auditing helps identify and respond to potential breaches.
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Hard-code secrets in application source code for simplicity.
Why it's wrong here
Hard-coding secrets is a security risk; they can be exposed in version control.
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Use a dedicated secrets management service like AWS Secrets Manager or Azure Key Vault.
Why this is correct
Dedicated services provide encryption, rotation, and access control.
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Enable automatic rotation of secrets on a regular schedule.
Why this is correct
Rotation reduces risk of compromised secrets.
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Store secrets in environment variables for easy access by applications.
Why it's wrong here
Environment variables can be exposed; dedicated secret store is better.
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