Secure key management

If you have worked with any applications that need authentication, you will have used a combination of username and password to access the services. Typically these secrets are stored within the source code itself. This poses a challenge for programs which are non-compiled, as attackers can easily access the username and password to gain access to our resources.

Many enterprises started adopting centralized key management, using which applications can query these services to gain access to the resources that are authentication protected. All these access patterns are properly audited by the KMS

Employees should also access these systems with their own credentials to access the resources. This makes sure that secret keys are protected and accessible only to the authorized applications.