Ann, the lead product developer for a company, just hired three new developers. Ann asked the cloud administrator to give these developers access to the fileshares in the public cloud environment. Whi

Cloning Ann's account is insecure because it grants potentially excessive permissions to the new developers, violating the principle of least privilege, and makes individual accountability difficult.

Distributing Ann's credentials is a severe security breach that compromises Ann's account, makes auditing impossible, and provides uncontrolled access, which is never an acceptable practice.

Copying fileshares to each new developer's laptop leads to uncontrolled data sprawl, significant security risks, version control issues, and is not a scalable or manageable solution for shared cloud resources.

Creating a new role with specific permissions to access the fileshares and then assigning this role to the three new developers is the best approach. This adheres to the principle of least privilege, ensuring developers only have necessary access, and allows for centralized, auditable, and scalable access management.