Which AWS service helps manage secrets and sensitive information such as database credentials?
a) AWS Secrets Manager
b) Amazon RDS
c) AWS KMS (Key Management Service)
d) AWS Lambda
Answer:
a) AWS Secrets Manager
Explanation:
AWS Secrets Manager helps users securely store and manage sensitive information, such as database credentials, API keys, and other secrets. It enables automatic rotation of credentials and integration with AWS services, such as RDS and EC2, to automatically retrieve and use the stored secrets.
Secrets Manager encrypts secrets at rest using AWS KMS and provides fine-grained access control to ensure that only authorized applications or users can retrieve sensitive information.
This service simplifies the management of secrets in AWS environments and helps improve security by ensuring that credentials are not hardcoded into applications.