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HashiCorp Vault

Centralized secrets management for secure storage, access control, and dynamic provisioning of keys, certificates, and API credentials.

HashiCorp Vault is a secrets management and data protection system for securely storing, accessing, and distributing credentials, API keys, certificates, and encryption keys.

Maturity

Established

Cognitive loadHigh

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HashiCorp Vault

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HashiCorp Vault

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Classification

2

Complexity: High
Impact area: Technical

Technical context

2

Integrations

Database plugins (MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL)

+2

Principles & goals

1

Centralized management instead of distributed secret stores

Value stream stage: Run

Use cases & scenarios

4

Use cases: 3
Scenarios: 3

Compromises

3

Risks: 3
Best practices: 3

I/O & resources

4

Inputs: 3
Outputs: 3