Secure data at rest and in transit20% of the exam
Secure properties across deployment environments
Configure encrypted environment files, match their cryptographic settings, and distinguish decryption from worker-based CloudHub property hiding.
Implement secure, environment-dependent properties management.
~6 min read · 11 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Choose property-value encryption or complete-file encryption from the supplied artifact.
- Match each secure-properties configuration to its file and encryption settings.
- Resolve environment selection and dependent properties without circular bootstrap dependencies.
- Distinguish encrypted configuration files from worker-based CloudHub hiding and overrides.
Key terms: ciphertext is encrypted data; an IV initializes a cipher operation; a secure placeholder resolves through the secure-properties provider; a hidden property conceals a deployed value in Runtime Manager.
Key facts
Supported files
- Detail
- YAML and Spring-formatted properties are supported.
Scalar representation
- Detail
- Keep
![ciphertext]; quote it in YAML.
Whole-file switch
- Detail
- True describes an encrypted document; false is the default.
Encryption child
- Detail
- Required even when using encryption defaults.
IV agreement
- Detail
- Random-IV decryption expects the prepended IV convention.
Multiple files
- Detail
- Each secure configuration has its own cryptographic settings.
Composition
- Detail
- Secure properties can depend on earlier secure properties.
Worker override
- Detail
- Enter the override as clear text and preserve hiding.
Sources for this section (2)
- Why does encrypting a properties file leave host access relevant?
- When the reviewer needs evidence that a connector can read its secure properties and connect, which Studio check applies?
- When reviewing secure-property host protection, which console-access boundary also needs restricting?
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