Managing Secrets - Vlad Matsiiako - ASW #327

Application Security Weekly (Audio)

Secrets end up everywhere, from dev systems to CI/CD pipelines to services, certificates, and cloud environments. Vlad Matsiiako shares some of the tactics that make managing secrets more secure as we discuss the distinctions between secure architectures, good policies, and developer friendly tools. We've thankfully moved on from forced 90-day user password rotations, but that doesn't mean there isn't a place for rotating secrets. It means that the tooling and processes for ephemeral secrets should be based on secure, efficient mechanisms rather than putting all the burden on users. And it also means that managing secrets shouldn't become an unmanaged risk with new attack surfaces or new points of failure.

Segment Resources:

• https://infisical.com/blog/solving-secret-zero-problem
• https://infisical.com/blog/gitops-secrets-management

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-327