An application team is performing a load-balancing test for a critical application during off-hours and has requested access to the load balancer to review which servers are up without having the administrator on call. The security analyst is hesitant to give the application team full access due to other critical applications running on the load balancer. Which of the following is the BEST solution for security analyst to process the request?
A) Give the application team administrator access during off-hours.
B) Disable other critical applications before granting the team access.
C) Give the application team read-only access.
D) Share the account with the application team.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Providing read-only access allows the application team to view the status of the servers without the ability to make changes, thus maintaining security for other critical applications.

An Application Team Is Performing a Load-Balancing Test for a Critical