Domain 2 · Objective reference 2.3 · Chapter 15 of 62
Provision assets with ownership and secure defaults
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Remember this: An asset without an owner has an accountability gap.
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Approve purpose classification and protection.
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Apply secure defaults and necessary access.
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What this chapter explains
- Concepts and mechanisms
- Design, evidence and tradeoffs
Concepts and mechanisms
Provisioning introduces an asset into an operating environment with defined ownership, purpose, configuration and access. An inventory should include tangible assets, services, software, data and relevant identities. A list without owners or lifecycle updates becomes stale. Short-lived cloud workloads still need accountable management and evidence appropriate to their risk.
Design, evidence and tradeoffs
Use approved images or configuration, minimize unnecessary services, restrict administration and establish monitoring. Assign responsibility for patching, backup, keys and retirement. Verify that secrets are not embedded in reusable images or artifacts. A provisioned object should not become public merely because a default was convenient during testing. Reconcile inventory with reliable discovery and change records.
Worked example
A cloud project is created with an owner, approved access policy, logging, cost boundaries and a retirement condition.
Check your understanding
What is missing when an inventory records only an IP address and hostname?
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Business purpose, owner, sensitivity, dependencies, lifecycle state and protection responsibilities remain unclear.
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