Long-lived secrets are risky: the longer a password or key stays valid, the more chances it has to leak and be misused. Rotation replaces a secret with a new value on a schedule and retires the old one. Done manually it is often forgotten; done by automation it becomes routine. Key Vault provides the building blocks: expiration dates, versions and events.
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