Question

What is the principle of least privilege?

(a) Less privileges provide difficulty in executing admin tasks

(b) Users can get temporary high privilege access

(c) Users should be given just enough privileges to perform their tasks

(d) None of the mentioned

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Answer 1

Right option is (c) Users should be given just enough privileges to perform their tasks

The explanation is: None.