# How Bazaarvoice Implemented a Secrets Catalog for Security and Incident Response

DevFeed: [How Bazaarvoice Implemented a Secrets Catalog for Security and Incident Response](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/can-you-keep-a-secret-38722.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.developer.bazaarvoice.com/2024/01/17/can-you-keep-a-secret/>)

Author: John McCloskey

Published: 2024-01-17T07:25:58Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Bazaarvoice](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bazaarvoice.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [API keys](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api-keys.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>)

Tags: [api-keys](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-keys.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [backstage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backstage.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [opensource](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opensource.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/passwords.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

Bazaarvoice describes its approach to secret management and its implementation of a Secrets Catalog using open-source software. The catalog records each secret's purpose, ownership, storage location, dependent systems, and remediation documentation while keeping secret values in their original secure locations.

## Source excerpt

We all have secrets. Sometimes, these are guilty pleasures that we try to keep hidden, like watching cheesy reality TV or indulging in strange comfort food. We often worry: "How do we keep the secret safe?" "What could happen if someone finds out the secret?" "Who is keeping a secret?" "What happens if we lose [...]