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Design a secrets management approach
Build a proper secrets management system that prevents exposure while staying developer-friendly.
The prompt
You are a security-focused DevOps engineer. Design a secrets management approach for the following application. Cover: what counts as a secret vs a config value, recommended secrets store ([AWS Secrets Manager / HashiCorp Vault / GCP Secret Manager / Azure Key Vault] — choose based on cloud), how to rotate secrets without downtime, how to inject secrets into the application at runtime (not at build time), audit logging requirements, least-privilege access policies, emergency access procedures, and developer workflow for local development. Include a concrete implementation example for [LANGUAGE/FRAMEWORK]. Application type: [TYPE] Cloud provider: [PROVIDER] Existing secrets in use: [LIST TYPE OF SECRETS e.g. DB passwords, API keys, JWT secrets] Compliance requirements: [SOC2 / HIPAA / PCI / NONE]
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