A Manufacturing Company Uses an Amazon RDS DB Instance to Store

question 43

Multiple Choice

A manufacturing company uses an Amazon RDS DB instance to store inventory of all stock items. The company maintains several AWS Lambda functions that interact with the database to add, update, and delete items. The Lambda functions use hardcoded credentials to connect to the database. A SysOps administrator must ensure that the database credentials are never stored in plaintext and that the password is rotated every 30 days. Which solution will meet these requirements in the MOST operationally efficient manner?

• A) Store the database password as an environment variable for each Lambda function. Create a new Lambda function that is named PasswordRotate. Use Amazon EventBridge (Amazon CloudWatch Events) to schedule the PasswordRotate function every 30 days to change the database password and update the environment variable for each Lambda function.
• B) Use AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) to encrypt the database password and to store the encrypted password as an environment variable for each Lambda function. Grant each Lambda function access to the KMS key so that the database password can be decrypted when required. Create a new Lambda function that is named PasswordRotate to change the password every 30 days.
• C) Use AWS Secrets Manager to store credentials for the database. Create a Secrets Manager secret and select the database so that Secrets Manager will use a Lambda function to update the database password automatically. Specify an automatic rotation schedule of 30 days. Update each Lambda function to access the database password from Secrets Manager.
• D) Use AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store to create a secure string to store credentials for the database. Create a new Lambda function called PasswordRotate. Use Amazon EventBridge (Amazon CloudWatch Events) to schedule the PasswordRotate function every 30 days to change the database password and to update the secret within Parameter Store. Update each Lambda function to access the database password from Parameter Store.

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Definitions:

Segments

Differentiable parts of a company that can be identified by specific financial information and operations, often used for reporting purposes.

U.S. GAAP

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States, a framework of accounting standards, principles, and procedures used in compiling financial statements.

LIFO Method

"Last In, First Out," an inventory accounting method where the most recently acquired items are assumed to be sold first.

Journal Entries

The individual records of financial transactions in a company's accounting system.