ISC Identity And Access Management Architecture Practice Question
When deploying HashiCorp Vault for secrets management, you need to implement a 'Dynamic Secrets' architecture for database access. Which workflow is correct?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Vault requests a new user creation from the DB via a configured engine and returns those credentials to the client.
The dynamic secret workflow involves Vault generating unique, short-lived database credentials on-the-fly for every request, which are automatically revoked upon expiry.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Vault requests a new user creation from the DB via a configured engine and returns those credentials to the client.
Why this is correct
This is the definition of the Vault Database secrets engine operation.
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Clients authenticate to the DB via Vault using LDAP delegation.
Why it's wrong here
LDAP delegation is not the mechanism used for dynamic secrets engines.
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Vault retrieves static credentials from a PKI backend and rotates them.
Why it's wrong here
Vault does not use PKI for standard database secrets.
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Vault hashes existing database passwords and stores them in transit.
Why it's wrong here
Vault does not act as a password vault for existing static credentials in this architecture.
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