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Which AWS service stores build-and-deploy-time secrets (DB passwords, API keys) with rotation + IAM access policies, referenced from CI/CD pipelines without checking secrets into source?

AAWS Secrets Manager (or Systems Manager Parameter Store SecureString)
BS3 bucket with public-read ACL
CAmazon CloudFront
DHardcoded env vars in the source repo
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. AWS Secrets Manager (or Systems Manager Parameter Store SecureString)
Secrets Manager + SSM Parameter Store are the canonical secret stores for pipelines (per DOP-C02 §1.1). The other options leak secrets.
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