Secrets management refers to the tools and methods for managing digital authentication credentials (secrets), including passwords, keys, APIs, and tokens for use in applications, services, privileged accounts, and other sensitive parts of the IT ecosystem.
While secrets management is applicable across an entire enterprise, the terms secrets and secrets management are referred to more commonly in IT about DevOps environments, tools, and processes.
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