312-97 Exam Dumps - EC-Council Certified DevSecOps Engineer (ECDE)

AWS Inspector is a managed vulnerability assessment service designed specifically to scan workloads running on Amazon EC2 instances and container images for security vulnerabilities and unintended network exposures. It automatically evaluates instances against known vulnerabilities and security best practices, providing detailed findings and risk severity levels. AWS WAF protects web applications from common web exploits but does not perform host-based vulnerability scanning. AWS Config tracks configuration changes and compliance but does not actively scan workloads for vulnerabilities. Amazon CloudWatch focuses on monitoring logs, metrics, and alarms rather than security scanning. For a Spring Boot microservices application deployed on EC2, AWS Inspector is the correct choice to continuously assess security posture during the Build, Deploy, and Operate phases of the DevSecOps pipeline.

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Docker allows inspection of container runtime configuration using the docker inspect command. To list security-related options such as no_new_privileges for all containers, the correct approach is to first retrieve all container IDs using docker ps --quiet --all and then pass them to docker inspect with a formatted output. The command docker ps --quiet --all | xargs docker inspect --format ': SecurityOpt=' correctly extracts the security options configured for each container. Options that use incorrect flags such as -quiet instead of --quiet, omit required parameters, or misformat the output string are invalid. Inspecting security options during the Operate and Monitor stage helps ensure that privilege escalation protections are enforced consistently, supporting container hardening and compliance with security benchmarks.

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w3af (Web Application Attack and Audit Framework) is aDynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)tool. It analyzes running web applications by sending crafted requests and observing responses to identify vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and authentication flaws. Unlike SAST tools, w3af does not require access to source code and instead operates externally, simulating real-world attack behavior. SCA focuses on third-party dependencies, and IAST requires runtime instrumentation within the application. Since Debra detected vulnerabilities by actively interacting with the application, w3af clearly represents DAST. DAST tools are especially valuable during the Build and Test stage, as they validate application behavior from an attacker’s perspective before deployment.

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Jira usesAtlassian Query Language, commonly referred to as JQL, to search, filter, and manage issues. This query language allows users to create advanced searches using fields such as project, status, assignee, priority, and custom attributes. Although often informally called Jira Query Language, the official name among the given options is Atlassian Query Language. SQL and Java query language are unrelated and not used for issue searching in Jira. Using JQL during the Code stage improves traceability between source code commits, builds, and tracked issues, enabling teams to monitor progress, validate deployment status, and maintain alignment between development and delivery activities.

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HashiCorp Vault enables authentication mechanisms using the vault auth enable command followed by the name of the authentication method. To enable AppRole authentication, the correct command is vault auth enable approle. AppRole is specifically designed for machine-to-machine authentication, making it ideal for CI/CD tools like Jenkins. It allows applications to authenticate securely using role IDs and secret IDs instead of static credentials. The other options do not follow Vault CLI syntax and would result in command errors. Enabling AppRole during the Build and Test stage ensures that secrets are accessed securely and dynamically, supporting least-privilege access control and reducing the risk of credential leakage across the DevSecOps pipeline.

The practices described—user identification and authorization, auditing, defense-in-depth, data protection, integrity enforcement, and input validation—are core elements that are planned and architected into the system from the beginning. These controls reflectSecure by Design, which focuses on embedding security principles at the design and architecture stage rather than adding them later. Secure by implementation emphasizes coding correctness, secure by default focuses on default configurations, and secure by communication focuses on trusted communication channels. DWART’s approach shows a holistic security mindset that anticipates attacker behavior and integrates layered defenses and controls into the system blueprint. This aligns directly with Secure by Design, which aims to reduce systemic risk by ensuring the application’s foundational structure enforces security consistently across all components and use cases.

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