DEA-C01 Data Security and Governance Practice Question
A data engineer needs to allow an IAM user to rotate the secret in AWS Secrets Manager for an RDS database. Which IAM action should be included in the policy?
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Why each option matters
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secretsmanager:RotateSecret
The secretsmanager:RotateSecret action allows the user to initiate rotation of a secret. Option A is correct. secretsmanager:GetSecretValue only retrieves the secret value, not rotate it.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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secretsmanager:RotateSecret
Why this is correct
This action allows rotating the secret.
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secretsmanager:PutSecretValue
Why it's wrong here
This action puts a new secret value but does not perform rotation.
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secretsmanager:UpdateSecret
Why it's wrong here
This action updates the secret but does not trigger rotation.
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secretsmanager:GetSecretValue
Why it's wrong here
This action only retrieves the secret value, not rotate it.
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