Secret Management with GitHub
Deep dive into securely storing and accessing sensitive credentials using GitHub Secrets and OpenID Connect (OIDC).
Why Secure Secret Management?
In any software project, you often need to use sensitive information like API keys, database credentials, or access tokens. Storing these directly in your code or repository is a major security risk.
Secret management is the practice of securely storing and managing these sensitive pieces of data. It ensures that only authorized systems and users can access them, preventing unauthorized exposure.
What are GitHub Secrets?
GitHub provides a secure way to store sensitive information called GitHub Secrets. These are encrypted environment variables that you can use in your GitHub Actions workflows.
- They are not written to the logs by default.
- They are not visible in the UI after creation.
- They are accessible only by selected workflows.
This keeps your credentials safe from being accidentally exposed.
All lessons in this course
- Security Best Practices in CI/CD
- Secret Management with GitHub
- Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
- Dependency and Supply Chain Security (SCA)