# Safer Credential Handling In Serverless Components

DevFeed: [Safer Credential Handling In Serverless Components](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/safer-credential-handling-in-serverless-components-14319.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.serverless.com/blog/safer-component-credentials>)

Author: Austen Collins

Published: 2021-02-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Serverless Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/serverless-blog.md>)

Topics: [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-lambda.md>), [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-computing.md>), [components](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/components.md>), [faas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faas.md>), [function-as-a-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function-as-a-service.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [local](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/local.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [profile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/profile.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [serverless-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-architecture.md>), [serverless-framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-framework.md>)

## AI overview

Serverless Components no longer accesses local AWS profiles, improving how component credentials are handled.

## Source excerpt

We have removed local AWS profile access from the Serverless Components service completely