CipherTrust Secrets Management

What CipherTrust Secrets Management is

CipherTrust Secrets Management is Thales software for protecting and automating access to secrets used by DevOps tools and cloud workloads. Powered by Akeyless Vault, it centrally manages secrets, credentials, certificates, API keys, and tokens. It can automate their creation, storage, rotation, and removal, and supports credential rotation, secrets sharing, and just-in-time secret generation and management. Logs of secret use provide an audit trail for auditing and compliance.

Thales says the product works across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, multiple tenants, on-premises deployments, and legacy systems. Named integrations include GitHub, Kubernetes, and OpenShift, with additional integrations available. Listed capabilities also include dynamic secrets, CI/CD injection, Kubernetes integration, and audit logs.

The software is listed for self-hosted and web use, with cloud deployment also listed. It can run independently or alongside CipherTrust Manager, but it requires its own separate license. CipherTrust Manager users can open it from a dashboard tile using their existing CipherTrust Manager credentials. Thales offers a 90-day free trial; other pricing is available on request.

Who it suits

CipherTrust Secrets Management suits DevOps and security teams that need centralized control of credentials, certificates, API keys, and other secrets across varied environments. It may also suit organizations that need automated rotation, CI/CD injection, or logged secret use for audit purposes.

Limits

The free trial lasts 90 days. No free plan is available, and use requires a separate CSM license from CipherTrust Manager.

Getting started

1. Visit the CipherTrust Secrets Management website.
2. Start the 90-day free trial.
3. Choose web, self-hosted, or cloud deployment.
4. Use the product independently or with CipherTrust Manager.
5. If using CipherTrust Manager, open the dashboard tile with the same credentials.

Verdict

Choose CipherTrust Secrets Management if your team needs centralized secrets control and lifecycle automation across varied environments. The 90-day trial offers a way to evaluate it, while buyers seeking a free plan or biometric unlock should look elsewhere.