Root Account Protection Quiz

Quiz covering Privileged Access Management

Questions in this quiz

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1. 1

   What is the primary reason for restricting the use of the root account in a production environment?

2. 2

   Which of the following is considered the industry best practice for managing root account credentials in a cloud environment?

3. 3

   When an administrator needs to perform a task requiring elevated privileges, what is the recommended alternative to logging in directly as root?

4. 4

   Why is it critical to configure multi-factor authentication (MFA) on the root account even if it is rarely used?

5. 5

   You are auditing a cloud environment and discover that a root account has active access keys. What is the most significant security implication?