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.

by An at Jan 23, 2026, 08:44 AM

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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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