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💼 [ECS.8] Secrets should not be passed as container environment variables

  • ID: /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/ecs/08

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AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store can help you improve the security posture of your organization. We recommend using the Parameter Store to store secrets and credentials instead of directly passing them into your container instances or hard coding them into your code.

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