HashiCorp Vault
Your Secrets Are Scattered Across Config Files, Shared Slack Messages, and Developer Laptops. One Breach Away from a Significant Security Incident.
API keys, passwords, certificates, tokens, in most organizations, these live in places they shouldn't. Vault centralizes and governs all of it, with dynamic secrets, encryption as a service, and fine-grained access controls that manual credential management can't provide.
The Credential Risk You're Carrying May Be Larger Than You Know
"Secrets and API keys live in code repositories, config files, or shared documents"
Credentials in version control are a well-documented and frequent cause of security incidents. Static credentials in config files are discoverable by anyone with repository access, including former employees.
"Rotating credentials requires manual work across multiple systems"
Manual credential rotation creates windows of exposure and introduces human error. Organizations that avoid rotation because it's difficult are maintaining a known vulnerability.
"We can't tell who accessed which credentials or when"
Without centralized secrets management, credential access is invisible. When a credential is compromised, determining the blast radius requires investigation that could take weeks.
"Our developers share service account credentials across applications"
Shared credentials mean that when one application or developer is compromised, all applications using that credential are compromised. Vault's dynamic secrets eliminate shared long-lived credentials entirely.
"We're expanding into cloud and our existing credential management doesn't scale"
On-premise credential management approaches don't translate to cloud environments where infrastructure is dynamic and credentials need to be issued and revoked programmatically.
"Security or compliance reviews flag our secrets management practices regularly"
Regulatory requirements for secrets management are becoming more specific and more enforced. PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and HIPAA all have provisions that Vault's access controls and audit logging address directly.
Dynamic Secrets. Zero Trust. Full Audit Trail.
Vault's dynamic secrets capability issues credentials that exist only for the duration they're needed and are automatically revoked afterward. This eliminates the long-lived static credentials that create the largest exposure in most organizations' security posture.
Combined with Terraform for infrastructure as code, Vault provides the security governance foundation that cloud modernization requires. CleanSlate deploys both as part of modernization engagements where security posture improvement is part of the scope.
Vault Capabilities
Security Posture Is Part of Modernization Readiness
COBRA™ evaluates your current secrets management and infrastructure security posture as part of modernization readiness assessment. Organizations with ad hoc credential management almost always have gaps that Vault addresses.