A systems developer needs to provide machine-to-machine interface between an application and a database server in the production environment. This interface will exchange data once per day.
Which of the following access control account practices would BEST be used in this situation?
A . Establish a privileged interface group and apply read-write permission to the members of that group.
B . Submit a request for account privilege escalation when the data needs to be transferred.
C . Install the application and database on the same server and add the interface to the local administrator group.
D . Use a service account and prohibit users from accessing this account for development work.
Answer: D