Design Secure Architectures Practice Question

Question

For a cross-account deployment, an architect is reviewing Secrets Manager requirement set 18. Which design choice best fits the requirement while following AWS architectural best practices?

Answer choices

1. A. Place all components on a single large instance to simplify troubleshooting.
2. B. Use long-lived access keys in application configuration so services can call AWS APIs directly.
3. C. Store, rotate, and audit database credentials and application secrets.
4. D. Disable monitoring until the workload reaches steady production traffic.

Correct Answer

C. Store, rotate, and audit database credentials and application secrets.

Explanation

The best answer applies Secrets Manager: store, rotate, and audit database credentials and application secrets. The other options increase operational risk, weaken security, or remove observability that an AWS Solutions Architect should preserve.

Question details

• Difficulty: medium
• Domain: Design Secure Architectures
• Objective: Secrets Manager

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