Reference your own AWS Secrets Manager secrets in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity
AWS just made it easier to deploy AI agents at enterprise scale. AgentCore now integrates with Secrets Manager for credential management.
Why it matters
AWS is lowering friction for enterprise AI deployment by letting teams manage agent credentials through existing security infrastructure. This matters because enterprise adoption of AI agents depends on fitting into established governance and secrets management workflows.
The key facts
9 to knowAWS Bedrock AgentCore now supports AWS Secrets Manager integration
Organizations can reference preconfigured secrets for credential management
Full control over encryption, rotation, replication, tags, and resource policies retained
Cross-account secret reference supported (same AWS Region)
Support for third-party secret managers via AWS Secrets Manager external connectors
Users retain full control over encryption, rotation, replication, tags, and resource policies
Cross-account secret sharing supported within same AWS Region
Supports external connectors for third-party secret managers
Feature extends existing organization secrets governance to AI agents
Go to the source
AWS Machine Learning Blogaws.amazon.com
Publisher excerpt: Today, we’re excited to announce the ability to reference a secret in AWS Secrets Manager for AgentCore Identity, so you can reference your own preconfigured secret from Secrets Manager and retain full control over how it is managed. With this ability, you can extend your organization’s existing…