Secret Management Procedures

Secret management is a critical aspect of cybersecurity, involving the secure handling of digital authentication credentials, such as passwords, API keys, and encryption keys. Effective secret management ensures that sensitive information is stored, accessed, and transmitted securely, preventing unauthorized access and data breaches. Key components include creating secret policies, which are sets of rules applied to multiple secrets to enforce security settings and password requirements, and creating secrets by selecting a template and configuring settings such as automatic password changing. Customizing the All-Secrets page allows for efficient management and viewing of secrets by displaying specific columns and filtering results based on various criteria. Additionally, secrets can be deactivated, reactivated, duplicated, edited, and erased as needed to manage their lifecycle and ensure that only active secrets are in use.

Other important aspects of secret management include overriding the secret template's password requirements for individual secrets, setting up password masking to hide actual password characters, and sharing secrets with specific permissions to facilitate collaboration while maintaining security. Viewing secrets involves accessing stored information through the All-Secrets page or individual secret pages, with permissions controlling who can view specific secrets. Secret configuration options, such as automatic password changing and expiration policies, help manage the security and lifecycle of secrets. The search functionality allows users to find specific secrets based on various criteria, ensuring accurate and up-to-date search results.