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Submitted by mike_84· Mar 6, 2026Identity and Access Management
Question
A security engineer is building a Java application that is running on Amazon EC2. The application communicates with an Amazon RDS instance and authenticates with a user name and password. Which combination of steps can the engineer take to protect the credentials and minimize downtime when the credentials are rotated? (Choose two.)
Options
- AHave a database administrator encrypt the credentials and store the ciphertext in Amazon S3.
- BConfigure a scheduled job that updates the credential in AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
- CConfigure automatic rotation of credentials in AWS Secrets Manager.
- DStore the credential in an encrypted string parameter in AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store.
- EConfigure the Java application to catch a connection failure and make a call to AWS Secrets
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Topics
#Secrets Management#Credential Rotation#Application Security#Downtime Minimization