• Serverless

• Used to store parameters & secrets

• Parameter versioning

• Seamless Encryption with KMS for encryption and decryption of stored secrets

• Parameters are stored in hierarchical fashion which simplifies granting IAM permissions to applications to access them

  

Tiers

Parameter Policies

• Only supported in advanced tier
• Assign policies to a parameter for additional features
  • Expire the parameter after some time (TTL)
  • Parameter expiration notification
  • Parameter change notification