Sensitive Data — HashiCorp Terraform Associate (003) Practice Questions
Sensitive data handling covers how Terraform marks certain input variables and outputs as sensitive so their values are redacted from CLI output and plan displays. The exam tests the sensitive = true attribute on variables and outputs, as well as the fact that sensitive values are still stored in plain text in the state file unless the backend encrypts it. This concept is important for the exam because it is a common misconfiguration to assume that marking a value sensitive fully protects it, when additional backend and access controls are also required.
Free questions on sensitive data
A team member accidentally committed the terraform.tfstate file to a Git repository. What are the security implications?
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