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AWS Secrets Manager and Parameter Store Mastery Hub: The Ind
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Q1Domain Verified
In the context of AWS Secrets Manager, what is the primary security advantage of using automatic rotation over manual rotation for database credentials?
Automatic rotation is inherently more secure because it bypasses human intervention, eliminating the risk of accidental exposure during manual updates.
Automatic rotation allows for more frequent credential changes, reducing the window of opportunity for compromised credentials to be exploited.
Automatic rotation integrates with AWS KMS for enhanced encryption of rotated secrets, providing an additional layer of security.
Automatic rotation ensures that secrets are always stored in a separate, more secure data store than those managed manually.
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When configuring a custom Lambda function for rotating secrets in AWS Secrets Manager, what is the *most critical* consideration to ensure security and prevent unintended access to the secret itself during the rotation process?
The Lambda function's IAM role must have `secretsmanager:GetSecretValue` permission on the secret being rotated.
The Lambda function should be configured to log all its actions to CloudWatch Logs for auditing purposes.
The Lambda function must be deployed within a VPC with strict network access controls to prevent external compromise.
The Lambda function's IAM role should only have the *minimum necessary permissions* to interact with the target service (e.g., RDS `ModifyDBInstance`) and *not* direct access to the secret value itself if the target service can be updated without it.
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asks for the *most critical* consideration for preventing unintended access. The ideal scenario is to grant the Lambda function permissions to modify the *target service's* credentials (e.g., RDS `ModifyDBInstance`) and *not* to read the secret value itself if that's not strictly required for the update operation, or to retrieve it only when absolutely necessary and with strict controls. Option B is good practice but not the *most critical* consideration for preventing access to the secret *during rotation*. Option D is essential for auditing but doesn't directly prevent unauthorized access to the secret's value during the rotation process. Question: A company is using AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store for storing API keys. They have a requirement to ensure that only specific EC2 instances tagged with `Environment: Production` can retrieve these keys. Which Parameter Store feature or configuration best addresses this requirement?
Using a KMS key to encrypt the parameter and granting decryption permissions to the EC2 instances.
Enabling versioning for the parameter and granting read access to all IAM roles associated with EC2 instances.
Configuring parameter policies to restrict access based on the instance's IAM role.
Applying an IAM policy to the EC2 instances' IAM roles that explicitly allows `ssm:GetParameter` action, restricted by resource tags on the parameter.
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