Motivation
Exposed credentials are the #1 cause of cloud breaches. Centralized secrets management eliminates hardcoded credentials and secrets sprawl.
SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 all require controlled access to credentials with audit trails and regular rotation.
Microservices, containers, and CI/CD pipelines multiply the number of secrets. Manual management doesn't scale.
Automated rotation limits the window of exposure if a secret is compromised, reducing risk without manual intervention.