HashiCorp Vault: Introduction to Secrets Management and Security Architecture
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Overview
Learn the fundamentals of HashiCorp Vault in this beginner-friendly tutorial video that explores secrets management, secure storage, and access control. Discover what secrets are and why securing them is crucial, understand the challenges of secret sprawl, and explore key capabilities of secrets management tools including storage, encryption, and access control. Master the concepts of dynamic secrets functionality and encryption as a service while diving deep into Vault's architecture, including core components, secret engines, storage backend, authentication methods, and audit devices. Gain practical knowledge about implementing secure secrets management across applications, systems, and infrastructure with features like key rotation and detailed audit logging.
Syllabus
- Overview
- What are Secrets? Why it's important to secure them?
- Challenges of Storing Secrets
- 2 Huge Problems with Secret Sprawl
- Capabilities of Secret Management Tools
- Dynamic Secrets in Vault
- Encryption as a Service
- How Vault works - Vault Architecture
- Summary
Taught by
TechWorld with Nana