AWS Secrets Manager Reviews

Name: AWS Secrets Manager
Brand: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Rating: 4.4 (13 reviews)

Vendor: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

4.4 out of 5

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What is AWS Secrets Manager?

AWS Secrets Manager helps you protect secrets needed to access your applications, services, and IT resources. The service enables you to easily rotate, manage, and retrieve database credentials, API keys, and other secrets throughout their lifecycle.

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AWS Secrets Manager is the #3 ranked solution in top Enterprise Password Managers. PeerSpot users give AWS Secrets Manager an average rating of 8.8 out of 10. AWS Secrets Manager is most commonly compared to CyberArk Privileged Access Manager: AWS Secrets Manager vs CyberArk Privileged Access Manager. AWS Secrets Manager is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 67% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 16% of all views.

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ManuelTorres

Cyber security senior engineer at International Airlines Group (IAG)

AWS Secrets Manager has streamlined our processes for managing secrets and their lifecycle. We typically handle everything through automation, following a predefined approach. When we undertake our developments, we seamlessly integrate the process into our workflows. Essentially, our secrets require minimal intervention; they are automatically managed by the system itself. This ensures smooth operations without the need for manual intervention. We integrate this tool with various AWS services, utilizing AWS Secrets Manager specifically for AWS resources. Any application, service, or deployment within AWS leverages Secrets Manager whenever it requires access to it.

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Vladimir Shilov

DevSecOps at Ciklum ApS

For those considering AWS Secrets Manager, I recommend leveraging its secure and easy-to-use features for storing and managing secrets. Since AWS doesn't have a direct alternative, it is a solid choice for enhancing security in applications. Before starting, ensure a clear understanding of your application's secret management needs to make the most of this tool.

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Prasanth MG

Software Engineer at Readyly

Even though I said that the employee or programmer doesn't need to see the secret, he can view the secret if he intends to. He just has to display the value he fetched from the AWS Secrets Manager. The solution should add one more layer of encoding and decoding so that when the programmer fetches the value from the AWS Secrets Manager, what he receives is only an encoded version. Instead of directly sending it to Google, he sends the authentication information to another AWS service which decodes it and then sends it to Google. If you add one more layer of security to AWS Secrets Manager, even the programmer will not be able to see the secrets.

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AWS Secrets Manager mindshare

As of November 2024, the mindshare of AWS Secrets Manager in the Enterprise Password Managers category stands at 24.5%, up from 23.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Last updated Nov 7, 2024

Valuable Features

"Secrets Manager helps in retrieving the enrollment variables used by the code."
"Integrating with other services was straightforward, especially within the AWS environment."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Secrets Manager is its seamless integration with various AWS services."

Room for Improvement

"There is a potential improvement in connecting AWS Secrets Manager to Jenkins CI/CD pipeline to automatically reflect changes in production."
"There is room for improvement in terms of integrating with certain other platforms."
"An area for improvement in AWS Secrets Manager could be expanding integration options beyond AWS services."