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What is IBM Vault?

IBM Vault (formerly HashiCorp Vault) is an identity-based secrets and encryption management system. A secret is anything that one wants to tightly control access to, such as API encryption keys, passwords, and certificates.

IBM Vault provides encryption services that are gated by authentication and authorization methods. Using Vault’s UI, CLI, or HTTP API, access to secrets and other sensitive data can be securely stored and managed, tightly controlled (restricted), and auditable.

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Screenshot of an example of writing a secret to Vault. Secrets are always encrypted and written to backend storage.
Screenshot of the secrets menu to manage integrated secrets engines. Secrets Engines are components which store, generate, or encrypt data and are enabled at a path in Vault.
Screenshot of where vault identity has support for groups. A group can contain multiple entities as its members. A group can also have subgroups.
Screenshot of HCP Vault, which provides all of the power and security of Vault, without the complexity and overhead of managing it yourself.
Screenshot of where to view entity client and non-entity client counts.
Screenshot of MFA is built on top of the Identity system of Vault.

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Screenshot of an example of writing a secret to Vault. Secrets are always encrypted and written to backend storage.

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Deployment TypesSaaS
Mobile ApplicationNo

FAQs

What is IBM Vault?
IBM Vault (formerly Hashicorp Vault) is an encryption tool for managing secrets including credentials, passwords and other secrets, providing access control, audit trail, and support for multiple authentication methods. It is available open source, or under an enterprise license.
What are IBM Vault's top competitors?
CyberArk Privileged Access Management, Delinea Secret Server, and ARCON PAM are common alternatives for IBM Vault.