This course examines the differences and similarities between the AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store and AWS Secrets Manager so that it is clear which one you should use when storing secrets within your AWS accounts.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to determine under what circumstance you should use one of these services over the other when it comes to the management of your secrets.
Intended Audience
This course is intended for anyone who wants to learn how to store secrets in the most appropriate way in AWS.
Prerequisites
To get the most out of this course, you should have some familiarity with the fundamentals of AWS and a basic understanding of secrets.
Hello, my name is Stuart Scott and in this course, I will be examining the differences and similarities between the AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store and AWS Secrets Manager, it can sometimes be confusing as to which one you should use when storing secrets within your AWS accounts.
By the end of this course, you will be able to determine under what circumstance you should use one of these services over the other when it comes to the management of your secrets.
This course already assumes you have familiarity with the fundamentals of AWS and a basic understanding of secrets.
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Stuart has been working within the IT industry for two decades covering a huge range of topic areas and technologies, from data center and network infrastructure design, to cloud architecture and implementation.
To date, Stuart has created 150+ courses relating to Cloud reaching over 180,000 students, mostly within the AWS category and with a heavy focus on security and compliance.
Stuart is a member of the AWS Community Builders Program for his contributions towards AWS.
He is AWS certified and accredited in addition to being a published author covering topics across the AWS landscape.
In January 2016 Stuart was awarded ‘Expert of the Year Award 2015’ from Experts Exchange for his knowledge share within cloud services to the community.
Stuart enjoys writing about cloud technologies and you will find many of his articles within our blog pages.