

# Credentials
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CloudWatch Logs data protection can find the following types of credentials.


| Type of data | Data identifier ID | Keyword required | Countries and regions | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  AWS secret access key |  `AwsSecretKey`  |  `aws_secret_access_key`, `credentials`, `secret access key`, `secret key`, `set-awscredential`  |  All  | 
|  OpenSSH private key |  `OpenSSHPrivateKey`  |  None  |  All  | 
|  PGP private key |  `PgpPrivateKey`  |  None  |  All  | 
|  Pkcs Private Key |  `PkcsPrivateKey` |  None  |  All  | 
|  PuTTY private key |  `PuttyPrivateKey` |  None  |  All  | 

## Data identifier ARNs for credential data types
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The following lists the Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) for the data identifiers that you can add to your data protection policies.


| Credential data identifier ARNs | 
| --- | 
| arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/AwsSecretKey | 
| arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/OpenSshPrivateKey | 
| arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/PgpPrivateKey | 
| arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/PkcsPrivateKey | 
| arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/PuttyPrivateKey | 