In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud automation and multi-cloud strategies, the secure handling of sensitive data, particularly credentials, has emerged as a paramount concern. Traditional methods of storing long-lived credentials, whether in configuration files, CI/CD pipelines, or dedicated secret managers, introduce significant operational overhead and, more critically, expose organizations to heightened security risks.
Enter federated identity credentials — a modern, robust alternative that allows workloads to authenticate using ephemeral tokens issued by trusted identity providers. This approach eliminates the need for persistent secret storage, fundamentally transforming how cloud automation is secured.
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