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Question #: 520
Topic #: 1
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Which of the below mentioned options is not a best practice to securely manage the AWS access credentials?

  • A. Keep rotating your secure access credentials at regular intervals
  • B. Create individual IAM users
  • C. Create strong access key and secret access key and attach to the root account
  • D. Enable MFA for privileged users
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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️
It is a recommended approach to avoid using the access and secret access keys of the root account. Thus, do not download or delete it. Instead make the IAM user as powerful as the root account and use its credentials. The user cannot generate their own access and secret access keys as they are al-ways generated by
AWS.
Reference:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/IAMBestPractices.html

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albert_kuo
10 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: C
The root account has full administrative privileges and should be secured with the highest level of protection. It is recommended to follow the principle of least privilege and avoid using the root account for day-to-day activities.
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Hotmetal
2 years, 7 months ago
Answer: C https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#lock-away-credentials - If you don't already have an access key for your AWS account root user, don't create one unless you absolutely need to. Instead, use your account email address and password to sign in to the AWS Management Console and create an IAM user for yourself that has administrative permissions.
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