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CompTIA SecurityX CAS-005 · Domain 3: Security engineering

Secrets and key management: vaults, key rotation, KMS, hardware-backed keys and separation of duties

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Encryption is only as strong as the protection of its keys, and applications are only as secure as the credentials they use. Secrets such as passwords, API keys, tokens and private keys leak through source code, configuration files, logs and images. Key and secrets management keeps them out of those places and under control.

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