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Rotating Secrets At Scale, Automatically, and With High Availability - Kenton McDonough
In this episode of The Security Repo Podcast, we take a look at how to do secrets rotation in a highly available systems reliably.
We are joined by Kenton McDonough. Kent got his MS in Computer Science from Virginia Tech in 2021 with a focus on systems and networking. He currently does security automation for Viasat Inc, a global Satellite internet service provider, with an emphasis on credential management and RBAC systems.
We walk through the tech stack that Kent works with, which includes a little of everything. We revisit his talk topic at BSides as Vegas 2024 with a discussion of 'blue/green' secrets rotation. By the end, we uncover some best practices to keep in mind when architecting a scalable, highly available application with regard to secrets management.
Links shared in the episode:
kent07[at]bt.edu
"Zero downtime credential rotation" at BSides Las Vegas 2024
https://www.youtube.com/live/b22uT4pYpk8?feature=shared&t=17092
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By Mackenzie Jackson & Dwayne McDanielIn this episode of The Security Repo Podcast, we take a look at how to do secrets rotation in a highly available systems reliably.
We are joined by Kenton McDonough. Kent got his MS in Computer Science from Virginia Tech in 2021 with a focus on systems and networking. He currently does security automation for Viasat Inc, a global Satellite internet service provider, with an emphasis on credential management and RBAC systems.
We walk through the tech stack that Kent works with, which includes a little of everything. We revisit his talk topic at BSides as Vegas 2024 with a discussion of 'blue/green' secrets rotation. By the end, we uncover some best practices to keep in mind when architecting a scalable, highly available application with regard to secrets management.
Links shared in the episode:
kent07[at]bt.edu
"Zero downtime credential rotation" at BSides Las Vegas 2024
https://www.youtube.com/live/b22uT4pYpk8?feature=shared&t=17092