In today’s software development world, developers rely on numerous types of secrets (credentials), to facilitate seamless interaction between application components. As modern applications become more complex and require authentication for services and dependencies, the practice of hardcoding secrets during software development is on the rise.

Learn how your secrets management can affect your DevOps performance, measured by DORA metrics, as well as increase your risk as an organization.

With a large number of developers, it’s highly likely that your company’s secrets are publicly exposed without your knowledge. Request your audit today and take control of your GitHub security perimeter.

We’re excited to announce Secrets Store - Cloudflare’s new secrets management offering! A secrets store does exactly what the name implies - it stores secrets. Secrets are variables that are used by developers that contain sensitive information - information that only authorized users and systems should have access to.

This blog post covers creating, storing, and using secrets in Kubernetes, encryption, RBAC, and auditing. It introduces Kubernetes External Secrets and best practices to enhance security. Let's dive in!