Thales CipherTrust Secrets Manager Secrets Organization Guide

A comprehensive guide for organizing secrets in Thales CipherTrust Secrets Manager, powered by Akeyless

Quick Start

Choose a secret organization pattern based on your team structure:

Organization Size	Scenario	Pattern	Example
1-10 people	Simple apps	Environment-First	/prod/api/postgres/service-account-password
10-50 people	Multiple products	Service-First	/user-service/prod/postgres/service-account-password
50+ people	Multiple business units	Organization-First	/payments-bu/prod/billing/stripe/key
Multi-tenant	SaaS platform	Tenant-First	/customer-a/prod/crm/db/service-account-password
High-security	Compliance requirements	Classification-First	/pci/prod/payment/encryption/key
DevOps-focused	Clear team ownership	Team-First	/platform-team/prod/monitoring/grafana/admin-password

What's Inside

• Quick Decision Tree - Choose the right pattern for your organization
• Core Patterns - 6 essential organizational patterns with examples
• Naming Conventions - Best practices for consistent secret naming
• Implementation Guide - Simple steps to get started
• Akeyless CLI Commands - Essential commands for secret management
• Best Practices - Key principles for success

Quick Examples

Small Teams (1-10 people)

/prod/api/database/service-account-password
/prod/api/jwt-secret
/staging/api/database/service-account-password

Growing Teams (10-50 people)

/user-service/prod/database/service-account-password
/payment-service/prod/external/stripe-secret-key
/notification-service/prod/internal/jwt-secret

Enterprise (50+ people)

/payments-bu/prod/billing-service/stripe/secret-key
/identity-bu/prod/auth-service/oauth/client-secret
/shared/prod/encryption/master-key

Full Guide

Read the Complete Guide

Contributing

Found an issue or have a suggestion? Contributions are welcome.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/improvement)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add improvement')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/improvement)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Related Resources

• Thales CipherTrust Secrets Manager
• Akeyless Platform