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ISC2 Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) Practice Question

During a security review of a microservices-based application, you notice that all services authenticate to the same database using a single, shared connection pool and credentials. Which design change best aligns with the security principle of least common mechanism?

  • Provide each service with its own database account and isolated connection pool.

  • Enable TLS encryption on the shared connection pool to protect credentials in transit.

  • Merge all services into a single deployment to simplify authentication and reduce moving parts.

  • Place the database behind a network load balancer to distribute requests between replicas.

ISC2 Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP)
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