The software development process has vastly changed in this past decade. Thanks to the relentless efforts of the cloud and virtualization technology providers, we now have nearly limitless compute and storage resources at our fingertips. One may think of this as the first wave of automation within the application development and deployment process.
With the rise in automation, machines must authenticate against each other. Authorization is nearly implicit in this handshake. Secrets are increasingly used by applications and (micro) services as a bootstrapping mechanism for initiation and continuity in operations. However, these secrets, which are largely credentials, need safe keeping and secure access in order to ultimately protect the end user. If left to their own devices, secrets will sprawl over time leading to a cornucopia of leaks and ..
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