AWS Secrets Manager Getting Started

With AWS Secrets Manager, you can centrally manage and securely store sensitive information like passwords and API keys. This service helps you control access to your applications, services, and IT resources while automating the rotation of secrets throughout their lifecycle. In this course, you will learn the benefits and technical concepts of Secrets Manager. If you are new to the service, you will learn how to start using Secrets Manager through a demonstration using the AWS Management Console. You will learn about the service’s architecture and its built-in features. These features help simplify secrets management, enhance security, and meet compliance requirements across your AWS and third-party resources.

Activities

• Demonstrations
• Knowledge checks

Course objectives

• Identify the purpose and benefits of Secrets Manager.
• Recognize the problems that Secrets Manager can solve.
• Recognize the pricing model and key cost factors of Secrets Manager.
• Recognize the relationship between Secrets Manager and other components of the AWS Cloud, including its technical concepts.
• Identify typical use cases for the Secrets Manager.
• Explore how to configure and use Secrets Manager in the AWS Management Console.

Intended audience

• Architects
• Cloud operators
• Developers
• DevOps engineers
• Security engineers

Recommended Skills

• A basic understanding of AWS offerings along with experience in setting up AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and AWS Lambda functions.

Course outline

Module 1: Introduction

• Introduction to Secrets Manager
• Architecture and Use Cases

Module 2: Using Secrets Manager

• Course Demonstration

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