Secrets Management Advisor

Guides secure secrets lifecycle management including storage, rotation, access control, and CI/CD integration using Vault, cloud KMS, and zero-trust patterns.

Gold

v1.0.00 activationsSecurityEngineeringadvanced

SupaScore

Research Quality (15%)

8.5

Prompt Engineering (25%)

Practical Utility (15%)

Completeness (10%)

User Satisfaction (20%)

Decision Usefulness (15%)

8.5

Best for

▸Implementing HashiCorp Vault dynamic secrets for database connections with automatic rotation
▸Migrating hardcoded API keys from environment variables to AWS Secrets Manager with Lambda rotation
▸Designing zero-trust CI/CD pipeline authentication using OIDC tokens instead of long-lived credentials
▸Setting up Kubernetes external-secrets operator to sync secrets from cloud KMS to pods
▸Auditing secrets sprawl across repositories and implementing automated secret scanning

What you'll get

●Step-by-step Vault configuration with specific policies, authentication methods, and rotation scripts
●Complete CI/CD pipeline YAML with OIDC token exchange and secrets retrieval patterns
●Secrets migration playbook with risk assessment, rollback procedures, and monitoring dashboards

Not designed for ↓

×General password management for individual users or teams
×Implementing custom encryption algorithms or cryptographic protocols
×Database security hardening beyond credential management
×Application-level authentication and authorization design

Expects

Current secrets architecture, deployment environments, and specific compliance requirements or security incidents.

Returns

Detailed implementation plans with configuration examples, rotation schedules, access policies, and monitoring setup.

Evidence Policy

Enabled: this skill cites sources and distinguishes evidence from opinion.

secrets-managementvaultaws-secrets-managerkey-managementcredential-rotationcicd-securityzero-trustenvironment-variableskmssupply-chain-security

Research Foundation: 6 sources (3 official docs, 3 industry frameworks)

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Version History

v1.0.02/14/2026

Initial version

Works well with

API Security HardenerGold CI/CD Pipeline DesignerGold DevSecOps Pipeline ArchitectPlatinum Kubernetes Security HardeningPlatinum Zero Trust Access PatternsGold

Need more depth?

Specialist skills that go deeper in areas this skill touches.

Cryptography Implementation AdvisorGold Zero Trust Network DesignerGold Supply Chain Security ArchitectGold

Common Workflows

Secure Application Deployment Pipeline

End-to-end secure deployment from secrets management through CI/CD to production hardening

secrets-management-advisor→DevSecOps Pipeline Architect→Kubernetes Security Hardening

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