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RiieCco committed Apr 11, 2019
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This implies that keys should not be stored on the application or web server
(assuming that application attackers are part of the relevant threat model).

A key vault helps secure, store and tightly control access to tokens, passwords, certificates,
A key vault helps secure, store and tightly control access to tokens, passwords, certificates and,
encryption keys for protecting secrets and other sensitive data.

Imagine the use of a keyvault in the following scenario's

* Running a docker container and provisioning it with secrets over CLI
* Checking in API keys in your source repositories
* etc
* Encrypting sensitive data at rest

Vault provides encryption as a service with centralized key management to simplify encrypting data
in transit and at rest across clouds and datacenters.

Solution:

centrally store, access, and distribute secrets like API keys,
AWS IAM/STS credentials, SQL/NoSQL databases, X.509 certificates,
SSH credentials, etc by means of a key vault.


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