A company hired a third party to develop software as part of its strategy to be quicker to market. The company`s policy outlines the following requirements: ✑ The credentials used to publish production software to the container registry should be stored in a secure location. ✑ Access should be restricted to the pipeline service account, without the ability for the third-party developer to read the credentials directly. Which of the following would be the BEST recommendation for storing and monitoring access to these shared credentials? 

Answer options:

A. TPM
B. Local secure password file
C. MFA
D. Key vault

A

Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/information-protection/tpm/tpm-fundamentals