Managing Database Credentials Securely with HSM as a Service

Providing credentials securely to our applications helps reduce the risk of a data breach. However, you need to ensure that applications are using database credentials in a secure fashion. Even if you’re relying heavily on the configuration management systems, you never know who might gain access to your passwords and database. Therefore, encrypting those credentials is a must-have, even if your company’s data exchange remains internal. At the same time, it’s important to keep the encryption process simple enough to support modern application development in a continuous delivery pipeline. When you use a third-party service like a Hardware Security Module…

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