How are my persisted long-term AWS security credentials in Tasks for AWS secured against unauthorized usage?

Tasks for AWS (Bamboo) provides two different options for Providing AWS Security Credentials :

As of release 2.4, Tasks for AWS integrates with Identity Federation for AWS (Bamboo) to provide shared AWS Security Credentials management.

Identity Federation for AWS (recommended)

Please refer to Providing AWS Security Credentials | ProvidingAWSSecurityCredentials IdentityFederationforAWS (Identity Federation for AWS) for details regarding this option – the security aspect is addressed in How are my persisted long-term AWS security credentials in Identity Federation for AWS secured against unauthorized usage?.

Inline (no real encryption)

Please refer to (Inline) for details regarding this option.