Secret Management
In plain terms
Securely storing and controlling access to sensitive credentials.
Going deeper
Secret management keeps passwords, API keys, and certificates encrypted and access-controlled rather than hardcoded. It prevents credential leaks.
Under the hood
Rotation, least-privilege access, and audit logging are key; secrets injected at runtime, never in code/Git.
Examples
HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, key rotation, .env protection.
Think of it like...
Like a guarded safe that hands out keys only to those authorized, and tracks every use.