Which secure deployment practice rotates credentials and certificates without service interruption?
A CISSP practice question covering Domain 8: Software Development Security. Try answering before reading the explanation below.
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Why "Automated short-lived credential rotation via a secrets manager (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, etc.)" is the right answer
Modern secret managers issue short-lived, rotatable credentials with automated handoff. Hardcoded secrets are the source of countless breaches (GitHub leaks). Shared and never-rotated creds are anti-patterns.
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