Keeping Terraform Secrets Safe - Best Practices for Managing Sensitive Data

This 28-minute talk by Marko Bevc explores best practices for securely managing sensitive values in Terraform when provisioning cloud infrastructure. Learn how to leverage features like sensitive attributes, encrypted storage, and integration with AWS Secrets Manager and HashiCorp Vault to protect your secrets. Discover the new ephemeral values feature introduced in Terraform v1.10+ and how it can enhance your security posture. Through real-world scenarios based on the speaker's customer experience, explore practical strategies to protect sensitive information in your Infrastructure as Code workflows while maintaining deployment efficiency. Whether you're new to Terraform or experienced, gain valuable insights to prevent accidental exposure of API keys, secrets, and database passwords that could lead to security breaches.