Which of the Following BEST Explains Why a Development Environment

question 871

Multiple Choice

Which of the following BEST explains why a development environment should have the same database server secure baseline that exists in production even if there is no PII in the database?

• A) Without the same configuration in both development and production, there are no assurances that changes made in development will have the same effect in production
• B) Attackers can extract sensitive, personal information from lower development environment databases just as easily as they can from production databases
• C) Databases are unique in their need to have secure configurations applied in all environments because they are attacked more often
• D) Laws stipulate that databases with the ability to store personal information must be secured regardless of the environment or if they actually have PII

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