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Mark Birch
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Mark Birch is an experienced courseware developer and teacher in both information systems and cyber-security. Mark has been developing content and teaching CompTIA A+ classes for more than 20 years and understands the subject area in great depth. Mark began his career working within the aerospace industry (for a major defense contractor) and has over 30 years' experience consulting, engineering, and deploying secure information systems. He has spent over 20 years working with the United States Military and United Kingdom Armed Forces, helping many students attain their learning goals. Mark has ensured that soldiers, officers, and civilians have had the best opportunities to gain cyber-security accreditation.
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  1. B. Use a centralized trusted secrets manager service. Secrets can include user or auto-generated passwords, APIs, and other application keys/credentials, SSH keys, databases, and other system-to-system passwords. You should use private certificates for secure communication and private encryption keys.

External reference: https://www.beyondtrust.com/resources/glossary/secrets-management.

See Chapter 4, Deploying Enterprise Authentication and Authorization Controls, for more details on secure account management concepts.

  1. B. Privacy Impact Assessment. A PIA should be undertaken by any organization that stores, transmits, or processes data that contains private information. Data types will vary but can include documents, database records, and media such as CCTV footage and voice recordings. See Chapter 15, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Concepts.
  2. C. Separation of duties. When an employee has privileges that enable them to make...
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Mark Birch is an experienced courseware developer and teacher in both information systems and cyber-security. Mark has been developing content and teaching CompTIA A+ classes for more than 20 years and understands the subject area in great depth. Mark began his career working within the aerospace industry (for a major defense contractor) and has over 30 years' experience consulting, engineering, and deploying secure information systems. He has spent over 20 years working with the United States Military and United Kingdom Armed Forces, helping many students attain their learning goals. Mark has ensured that soldiers, officers, and civilians have had the best opportunities to gain cyber-security accreditation.
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