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Secrets Manager

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What is Secrets Manager?

Secrets Manager is a service or tool used to securely store and manage sensitive information, such as passwords, API keys, database credentials, and certificates. It helps prevent hardcoding secrets in applications or storing them in easily accessible locations. Common uses include centralizing secret storage, controlling access to secrets, auditing secret usage, and automating secret rotation for enhanced security.

What other technologies are related to Secrets Manager?

Secrets Manager Competitor Technologies

Parameter Store offers secure, hierarchical storage for configuration data and secrets. While it can store secrets, it lacks the dedicated secret rotation features of Secrets Manager.
mentioned alongside Secrets Manager in 35% (149) of relevant job posts

Secrets Manager Complementary Technologies

Used to grant Secrets Manager the permissions it needs to access other AWS resources.
mentioned alongside Secrets Manager in 95% (133) of relevant job posts
Secrets Manager uses KMS to encrypt secrets at rest.
mentioned alongside Secrets Manager in 9% (919) of relevant job posts
IAM is used to control access to Secrets Manager itself, determining which users and services can read, write, or manage secrets.
mentioned alongside Secrets Manager in 2% (1.6k) of relevant job posts

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