AWS Secrets Manager is designed to safeguard the secrets essential for accessing your applications, services, and IT assets. This service simplifies the processes of rotating, managing, and retrieving various secrets, such as database credentials and API keys, throughout their entire lifecycle. By using Secrets Manager APIs, users and applications can access these secrets without the risk of exposing sensitive information in plaintext. It provides built-in secret rotation capabilities for services like Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon DocumentDB, while also allowing for the management of other secret types, including API keys and OAuth tokens. Additionally, Secrets Manager empowers you to enforce access control through detailed permissions and facilitates centralized auditing of secret rotation for resources in the AWS Cloud, third-party applications, and on-premises environments. Moreover, it assists organizations in fulfilling their security and compliance mandates by allowing for the safe rotation of secrets without necessitating code deployments, thus enhancing overall operational efficiency. This comprehensive approach ensures that sensitive information remains protected throughout its lifecycle, aligning with best practices in security management.