SAA-C03 Domain 3: Design Secure Architectures

Operations reports a need to provide temporary credentials to applications. What is the MOST operationally efficient solution? provide temporary credentials to applications.

Multiple choice — select one answer

Answer choices

  1. a. IAM roles with STS
  2. b. Long-term access keys in code
  3. c. AWS Security Hub
  4. d. SSE-KMS on Amazon S3

Architectural breakdown & explanation

Roles supply short-lived credentials via STS.

Correct answer(s): a. IAM roles with STS

Exam domain: Domain 3: Design Secure Architectures (24% weight on the official guide).

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