AZ-400 Develop a security and compliance plan Practice Question
This AZ-400 practice question tests your understanding of develop a security and compliance plan. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
Your team uses GitHub Actions for CI/CD. Security policies require that secrets must be automatically rotated every 90 days. Which Azure DevOps feature should you integrate to enforce this requirement?
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Azure Key Vault with rotation policy
Option C is correct because Azure Key Vault supports automatic secret rotation policies. Option A is wrong because Microsoft Purview is for data governance, not secret rotation. Option B is wrong because Managed Identities are for authentication, not rotation. Option D is wrong because GitHub Actions secrets do not support automatic rotation natively.
Key principle: NAT direction and interface roles matter as much as the IP address mapping. Inside/outside designation controls which traffic is translated.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager
Why it's wrong here
Microsoft Purview is for data governance and compliance, not secret rotation.
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GitHub Actions secrets with scheduled workflows
Why it's wrong here
GitHub Actions secrets do not support automatic rotation natively.
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Azure Key Vault with rotation policy
Why this is correct
Azure Key Vault supports secret rotation policies that can be configured to rotate secrets automatically.
Related concept
Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
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Azure Managed Identities
Why it's wrong here
Managed Identities provide authentication, not secret rotation.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: NAT rules depend on direction and matching traffic
NAT is not only about the public address. The inside/outside interface roles and the ACL or rule that matches traffic are just as important.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
NAT questions usually test address translation, overload/PAT behaviour, static mappings and whether the right traffic is being translated. Read the interface direction and address terms carefully.
KKey Concepts to Remember
Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
PAT allows many inside hosts to share one public address using ports.
Inside local and inside global describe the private and translated addresses.
NAT ACLs identify traffic for translation, not always security filtering.
TExam Day Tips
→Identify inside and outside interfaces first.
→Check whether the scenario needs static NAT, dynamic NAT or PAT.
→Do not confuse NAT matching ACLs with normal packet-filtering intent.
Key takeaway
NAT direction and interface roles matter as much as the IP address mapping. Inside/outside designation controls which traffic is translated.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A company's IT admin needs to give a contractor read-only access to production logs without sharing account credentials. Using role-based access control (RBAC) and temporary scoped permissions — not a permanent shared password — is the correct pattern. Questions like this test whether you can apply least-privilege access across cloud identity services.
Related glossary terms
Concepts from this question explained
These glossary pages explain the core terms tested in this AZ-400 question in full detail.
Review the four NAT address types (inside local, inside global, outside local, outside global), PAT port overload, and static vs dynamic NAT use cases. Then practise related AZ-400 NAT questions on configuration and troubleshooting.
Develop a security and compliance plan — This question tests Develop a security and compliance plan — Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Azure Key Vault with rotation policy — Option C is correct because Azure Key Vault supports automatic secret rotation policies. Option A is wrong because Microsoft Purview is for data governance, not secret rotation. Option B is wrong because Managed Identities are for authentication, not rotation. Option D is wrong because GitHub Actions secrets do not support automatic rotation natively.
What should I do if I get this AZ-400 question wrong?
Review the four NAT address types (inside local, inside global, outside local, outside global), PAT port overload, and static vs dynamic NAT use cases. Then practise related AZ-400 NAT questions on configuration and troubleshooting.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
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