Microservices and Secrets management - How to comply with security must-dos

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Very nice and concise article with respect to secret management and what you need to consider when building microservices to meet with security requirements

Microservices and Secrets management - How to comply with security must-dos

The article highlights the following must-dos when considering a solution for secret management as part of your overall microservices deployment architecture

  • Secure storage of various type of secrets (API Token, Keys, Certificates, username & passwords)
  • Reliable API based access to secrets
  • Dynamic secret distribution for automated encryption and authentication of keys
  • Full Audit of access to secrets.
  • Multi-level role based access to secrets
  • Centralized revocation of secrets and redistribution


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