Manage the lifecycle of secrets

With IBM Cloud® Secrets Manager, you can create secrets dynamically and lease them to applications while you control access from a single location. Built on open source HashiCorp Vault, Secrets Manager helps you get the data isolation of a dedicated environment with the benefits of a public cloud.

Features

• **IBM Cloud Secrets Manager: **Get centralized secrets management.
• **Single-tenant management: **Secure secrets at rest in your own dedicated vault.
• **Dashboard: **Manage API keys, credentials and more within one UI.
• **Logging and monitoring: **Monitor access and produce audit reports.
• **Secrets groups: **Manage access policies at enterprise scale.

Benefits

• **Centralize secrets: **Manage multiple types of secrets from a single service.
• **Define access in groups: **Use secret groups to organize and tighten access to secrets.
• **Dynamic secret creation: **Create and lease your secrets on demand to control their lifespan.
• **Protect secrets at rest: **Enhance the security of stored secrets with IBM® Key Protect.
• **Monitor and audit activity: **Track user and application interaction with secrets.
• **Import secrets: **Extend existing secrets management infrastructure by securely importing secrets.