🎁 New User? Get 20% off your first purchase with code NEWUSER20 · ⚡ Instant download · 🔒 Secure checkout Register Now →
Menu

Categories

Security Intermediate

What is Secret Management?

The practice of securely storing, accessing, and rotating sensitive credentials like API keys, passwords, and certificates.

Secret management prevents credentials from being hardcoded in source code or configuration files. Secrets are stored in dedicated vaults and accessed via APIs at runtime. This centralizes access control, audit logging, and rotation.

Tools include HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, and Doppler. Best practices include automatic rotation, least-privilege access, encryption at rest and in transit, and never committing secrets to Git.

Related Terms

Vulnerability Scanning
Automated testing that identifies known security weaknesses in systems, applications, and network infrastructure.
Penetration Testing
An authorized simulated cyberattack on a system to evaluate its security defenses and identify vulnerabilities.
SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)
A platform that collects, correlates, and analyzes security events from across an organization to detect threats and incidents.
Phishing
A social engineering attack that uses fraudulent communications to trick people into revealing sensitive information or installing malware.
RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
An access control model where permissions are assigned to roles, and users are assigned to roles rather than getting permissions directly.
SQL Injection
An attack where malicious SQL code is inserted into application queries through user input to access or manipulate the database.
 View All Security Terms →