Question 480
At the Oakport financial services firm, containers use the same long-lived embedded admin API key to access internal services. Which ongoing control best prevents this issue from recurring?
Explanation
Correct Answer
After implementation, the team should review workload role bindings and token expiration behavior as the appropriate recurring safeguard against the identified issue.
Incorrect Answers
That routine supports multicloud defense ingress policy, but the relevant ongoing risk requires the team to review workload role bindings and token expiration behavior. For the Oakport financial services firm, the direct corrective action is to use bounded workload identities and short-lived credentials tied to service accounts.
Review IaC secret leakage patterns after new provider modules. That safeguard would help prevent recurrence of: Infrastructure as Code checked into source history can disclose privileged keys. The risk being reviewed here is instead: Shared static credentials broaden compromise impact and inhibit service attribution. The matching ongoing control is: Review workload role bindings and token expiration behavior.
Reassess image scan thresholds when advisory severity changes. That safeguard would help prevent recurrence of: Automated deployment speed cannot replace security acceptance of vulnerable components. The risk being reviewed here is instead: Shared static credentials broaden compromise impact and inhibit service attribution. The matching ongoing control is: Review workload role bindings and token expiration behavior.