Cloud Key Management: AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault and HashiCorp Vault
Cloud Key Management compared: AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault. CMK/DEK/KEK, envelope encryption, HSM, BYOK, key rotation.
Summary: Key management covers the entire lifecycle of cryptographic keys: generation, distribution, storage, rotation, revocation, and deletion. Weak keys, insecure storage, or a lack of rotation render even strong encryption useless. Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), Key Management Services (KMS), and Secrets Managers are the technical solutions.
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Managing Director of AWARE7 GmbH with many years of expertise in information security, penetration testing and IT risk management. Graduate of the Internet Security master's program at Westfälische Hochschule (if(is), Prof. Norbert Pohlmann). Bestselling author with Wiley-VCH and lecturer at the ASW-Akademie. His assessments of cybersecurity and digital sovereignty have appeared in Welt am Sonntag, WDR, Deutschlandfunk and Handelsblatt, among others.
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