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SCS-C02 · Question #141
A company needs to follow security best practices to deploy resources from an AWS CloudFormation template. The CloudFormation template must be able to configure sensitive database credentials. The com
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Submitted by femi9· Mar 6, 2026Data Protection
Question
A company needs to follow security best practices to deploy resources from an AWS CloudFormation template. The CloudFormation template must be able to configure sensitive database credentials. The company already uses AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) and AWS Secrets Manager. Which solution will meet the requirements?
Options
- AUse a dynamic reference in the CloudFormation template to reference the database credentials in
- BUse a parameter in the CloudFormation template to reference the database credentials. Encrypt
- CUse a SecureString parameter in the CloudFormation template to reference the database
- DUse a SecureString parameter in the CloudFormation template to reference an encrypted value in
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Topics
#CloudFormation dynamic references#Secrets Manager#database credentials#KMS encryption