Ensure Secrets Manager secrets have descriptions
Secrets should have descriptions explaining their purpose and associated resources.
Security Impact
Secrets without descriptions are difficult to manage and may be accidentally modified or deleted.
How to Remediate
Add descriptive information to secrets including purpose, owner, and associated resources.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-secretsmanager-14
- Service
- AWS Secrets Manager
- Category
- Governance
- Severity
- INFO
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