The OpenBao™-based secrets management solution Secretz Enterprise has been officially certified for Red Hat OpenShift and is now part of the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog – an achievement that gives organisations direct access to a turn-key solution that protects and secures their most sensitive data.
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Adfinis announces the official certification of Secretz Enterprise for Red Hat OpenShift, providing enhanced reassurance for organisations in addressing a common yet critical priority when scaling operations and AI-based workloads: delivering enhanced protection for sensitive data. Secretz Enterprise is the open, simple, and reliable solution for securing application secrets and machine identities. The subscription provides 24/7 enterprise support and software assurance for OpenBao while following a predictable, flat-fee pricing model.
This certification strengthens Secretz Enterprise, and consequently OpenBao, as an enterprise-grade, identity-based secrets and encryption management system that can be integrated into Red Hat OpenShift and the extended Red Hat ecosystem. Adfinis, who brings decades of open source IT experience and is an active co-maintainer of OpenBao, spearheaded the certification as part of its mission to provide enterprises with sustainable secrets management across their cloud native and hybrid cloud environments. The certification also places Secretz Enterprise within the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog, an online directory of products and services that are optimised to perform with Red Hat technologies.
The verification of Secretz Enterprise via Red Hat’s software certification program delivers distinct advantages for enterprise DevOps and security teams:
In addition to being a co-maintainer of the OpenBao project, Adfinis is also present in the OpenBao Technical Steering Committee (TSC). Adfinis’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Michael Hofer, chairs the TSC and facilitates the expansion of the OpenBao project. Drawing on a decade-long collaboration with Red Hat, Adfinis led the certification efforts. Since Secretz Enterprise is built on an “upstream-first” commitment, this achievement also directly benefits the broader OpenBao project.
“Red Hat OpenShift certification validates Secretz Enterprise’s production readiness for demanding and regulated enterprise environments. By introducing Secretz Enterprise based on OpenBao into the Red Hat ecosystem, we are giving organisations an enterprise-grade, certified path to tightly control and protect their most critical data assets.”
– Michael Hofer, Adfinis Chief Technology Officer and OpenBao TSC Chair
“Protecting sensitive corporate data shouldn't become a roadblock as an organisation grows. Red Hat’s long-standing collaboration with Adfinis underscores our shared belief that the most resilient security solutions are community-driven and transparent. By achieving Red Hat OpenShift certification, Secretz Enterprise gives enterprise DevOps and security teams a thoroughly verified, identity-based secrets management system that runs natively and reliably across their trusted OpenShift environments.”
– Penny Philpot, Vice President EMEA Ecosystems, Red Hat
The Red Hat OpenShift certification of Secretz Enterprise is a permanent standard effective as of May 1, 2026.
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About Adfinis
Adfinis is a leading service provider of open source IT solutions, with established locations in Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, and Egypt. For over 25 years, Adfinis has delivered robust and reliable solutions built on trustworthy open source technology.
In collaboration with industry leaders such as GitLab, Red Hat, and SUSE, Adfinis offers clients a tailored approach covering the entire IT lifecycle. From strategy to execution, Adfinis provides consulting and planning, engineering expertise, and 24/7 managed services to ensure seamless, reliable operations. Serving a worldwide clientele, Adfinis embodies a legacy of innovation and a profound dedication to enhancing the open source ecosystem.
About Secretz Enterprise
Secretz Enterprise is the open, simple, and reliable solution for securing application secrets and machine identities – eliminating secret sprawl and associated risks through automated rotation, JIT access, and full auditability via a unified API. The subscription provides 24/7 enterprise support, software assurance, and continuous development for OpenBao. By utilizing an unrestricted, predictable flat-fee pricing model, it eliminates the "Success Tax" of proprietary alternatives – where per-identity or per-client licensing forces teams into punitive "Architecture by License" workarounds – reducing annual spend by up to 50%.
As an OpenBao co-maintainer and Chair of its Technical Steering Committee (TSC), Adfinis follows a strict "upstream-first" strategy, contributing all improvements directly back to the OpenBao project. Consequently, customers eliminate vendor lock-in and reclaim data sovereignty – whether deployed as a self-managed or tailored managed service. Teams retain the freedom to drop the subscription at any time with zero migrations and zero infrastructure changes to achieve truly sustainable secrets management.
About OpenBao™
OpenBao is an open source, community-driven fork of Vault managed by the Linux Foundation. It is an identity-based secrets and encryption management system that protects sensitive assets, such as API encryption keys, passwords, and certificates. OpenBao provides encryption services that are gated by authentication and authorization methods. Using OpenBao’s UI, CLI, or HTTP API, access to secrets and other sensitive data can be securely stored and managed, tightly controlled (restricted), and auditable.
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