Eccouncil 312-97 Exam - Topic 5 Question 3 Discussion

Actual exam question for Eccouncil's 312-97 exam

Question #: 3
Topic #: 5

(Gabriel Jarret has been working as a senior DevSecOps engineer in an IT company located in Houston, Texas. He is using Vault to manage secrets and protect sensitive dat

a. On February 1, 2022, Gabriel wrote the secret using vault kv put secret/wejskt command. On February 10, 2022, his team detected a brute-force attack using Splunk monitoring tool. Gabriel would like to delete the secrets in the vault that he wrote on February 1, 2022. Which of the following commands should Gabriel use to delete a secret in Vault secret management tool?)

Avault kv -delete secret/wejskt.

Bvault kv del secret/wejskt.

Cvault kv -del secret/wejskt.

Dvault kv delete secret/wejskt.

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Suggested Answer: B

HashiCorp Vault provides a key-value (KV) secrets engine for securely storing sensitive data. To remove a secret from the KV store, the correct command is vault kv del . This command deletes the secret data at the specified path. Options using -delete or -del are syntactically incorrect, and vault kv delete is not a valid Vault CLI command. Proper secret deletion is an essential part of secret lifecycle management, especially when credentials may have been compromised. Performing this action during the Operate and Monitor stage helps contain security incidents, reduce exposure, and ensure that compromised secrets are no longer accessible. Timely deletion of secrets supports effective incident response and strengthens overall security posture.

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Maricela

4 days ago

C looks wrong. The syntax is off.

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Gladys

9 days ago

B seems correct. It matches the command style.

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Peggie

14 days ago

I feel like A is too simple. Not sure about it.

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Nina

19 days ago

I think the answer is D. It sounds right.

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Ora

2 months ago

I thought it was A) vault kv -delete secret/wejskt.

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Elly

2 months ago

I agree with Allene, D is the correct command!

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Georgiann

2 months ago

Wait, can you really delete secrets like that? Seems risky!

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Allene

3 months ago

Pretty sure it's D) vault kv delete secret/wejskt.

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Phyliss

3 months ago

I think it's B) vault kv del secret/wejskt.

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Maryann

3 months ago

Wait, is this a trick question? I'm going with B) vault kv del secret/wejskt, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

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Gilberto

3 months ago

Vault commands are like poetry, you just gotta feel them, you know? I'd go with B) vault kv del secret/wejskt.

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Carol

3 months ago

I'm going with B) vault kv del secret/wejskt. Seems like the most straightforward way to delete a secret.

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Esteban

4 months ago

Hmm, I think the answer is C) vault kv -del secret/wejskt. Gotta love those Vault commands!

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Clay

4 months ago

I'm pretty sure the answer is D) vault kv delete secret/wejskt. That's how I would do it.

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Allene

4 months ago

The correct answer is B) vault kv del secret/wejskt.

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Rosalind

4 months ago

I’m leaning towards option D, "vault kv delete," since it sounds the most familiar from my studies.

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Rebbecca

5 months ago

I feel like I've seen "vault kv -delete" before, but it seems off to me for this context.

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Dorsey

5 months ago

I remember practicing a similar question, and I think "vault kv del" was the correct option.

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Leatha

5 months ago

I think the command should be something like "vault kv delete," but I'm not entirely sure about the exact syntax.

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Nettie

5 months ago

Okay, let me think this through step-by-step. The question says Gabriel wants to delete a secret he wrote on a specific date, so I'll need to find the command that deletes a secret, not just lists or manages them.

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Ben

6 months ago

Ugh, I'm a bit confused by all the different Vault command variations. I'll need to refresh my memory on the exact syntax to delete a secret. Hopefully I can figure this out.

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Martina

6 months ago

Hmm, this seems pretty straightforward. I'm pretty confident I know the right Vault command to use here, but I'll double-check the options just to be sure.

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Earleen

6 months ago

I think the key here is to focus on the specific Vault commands mentioned in the question. I'll need to carefully review the options and think through which one matches the description of deleting a secret.

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