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A company has thousands of AWS Lambda functions. While reviewing the Lambda functions, a security engineer discovers that sensitive information is being stored in environment variables and is viewable as plaintext in the Lambda console. The values of the sensitive information are only a few characters long.
What is the MOST cost-effective way to address this security issue?

A. Set up IAM policies from the Lambda console to hide access to the environment variables.
B. Use AWS Step Functions to store the environment variables. Access the environment variables at runtime. Use IAM permissions to restrict access to the environment variables to only the Lambda functions that require access.
C. Store the environment variables in AWS Secrets Manager, and access them at runtime. Use IAM permissions to restrict access to the secrets to only the Lambda functions that require access.
D. Store the environment variables in AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store as secure string parameters, and access them at runtime. Use IAM permissions to restrict access to the parameters to only the Lambda functions that require access.

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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

by 100fold at Oct. 18, 2023, 2:09 p.m.

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kejam

Highly Voted 1 year, 2 months ago

Selected Answer: D

Answer D There is no charge from Parameter Store to create a SecureString parameter. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-parameter-store.html#what-is-a-parameter

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100fold

Highly Voted 1 year, 2 months ago

Selected Answer: D

Store the environment variables as secure strings in Parameter Store. Most cost-effective way.

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Raphaello

Most Recent 11 months, 1 week ago

Selected Answer: D

SSM Parameter Store standard is the most cost-effective solution.

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trashbox

1 year ago

Exam on 2023-12-18

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stream3652

1 year, 2 months ago

Selected Answer: C

Isn't C more secure?

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AgboolaKun

1 year, 2 months ago

That is a good question. However, the emphasis here is MOST cost-effective. Using secure string in Parameter Store is free, hence D is cost effective.

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M2ao

1 year, 2 months ago

the question is asking for cost-effective way

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