When the industry standard for secrets management suddenly went "closed-source", the community didn't just walk away. In this article – a collaboration between tech journalist Markus Feilner and experts from Adfinis – we take a look at OpenBao, a fork of HashiCorp Vault, and why solutions such as this are important for secrets management.
“A vault or bank safe is protected by solid walls or thick doors with high-security locks. Often, it takes several keys and several people to open such a lock. The open source software OpenBao brings a comparable level of security for digital secrets – such as credentials, tokens, or SSH access to enterprise IT…”
Read the full article to see how organizations can secure their IT infrastructure using flexible features like dynamic secrets, auto-unsealing "bank-safe" security, and seamless integration with GitLab CI pipelines.
This article is a collaboration between tech journalist Markus Feilner and experts from Adfinis. Together, we highlight the many advantages and possibilities that OpenBao provides over other proprietary solutions.