Which tool aids in managing and maintaining credentials in AWS environments?

AWS Secrets Manager is specifically designed to help manage and maintain credentials in AWS environments. It allows you to securely store and manage sensitive information such as API keys, passwords, and database credentials. Secrets Manager provides features for automatic rotation of secrets, enabling applications and services to securely retrieve the credentials they need without hardcoding them in application code or configuration files.

This tool enhances security by ensuring that sensitive information is encrypted and accessible only to authorized users and applications. Additionally, it integrates with other AWS services, making it easier to manage secrets across various applications and infrastructure within AWS.

While AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is crucial for managing user permissions, roles, and policies, it does not specifically focus on storing and rotating sensitive information like passwords or API keys. AWS Config tracks resource configurations, and AWS CloudTrail provides logging of API calls, but neither of these tools is designed to manage credentials directly as Secrets Manager does.