Integrate Azure Key Vault with Azure Pipelines
Applications maintain sensitive credential collections including:
- Connection strings.
- Passwords.
- Certificates.
- Tokens presenting severe security breach risks through unauthorized disclosure.
Credential compromise results in organizational reputation damage and regulatory compliance violations across governing bodies.
Azure Key Vault provides centralized repository architecture for organizational secret and certificate management.
Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) provide enhanced protection for secrets and keys.
Key Vault capabilities include secret versioning, comprehensive traceability, and efficient permission management through access policy configurations.
Azure Key Vault comprehensive documentation: What is Azure Key Vault?.