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What’s New at StrongDM | February 2023

Increase admin productivity with added insights, plus – more secret store integrations. New this month at StrongDM.

Alternatives to AWS Secrets Manager

AWS Secrets Manager is a popular and highly intuitive secrets management tool that lets organizations automate secrets rotation processes and

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Alternatives to Azure Key Vault

Microsoft Azure Key Vault is a cryptographic and secrets management solution for storing encryption keys, certificates, and passwords. While known for its interface simplicity and robust security, users should look to Azure Key Vault alternatives if they prioritize employee onboarding automation or need quick and easy implementation. This article evaluates Azure Key Vault competitors regarding security features, pricing, and usability to identify the best alternative options.

Alternatives to Google Cloud Secret Manager

Google Cloud Secret Manager is an intuitive platform for managing API keys, user passwords, digital certificates, and other sensitive data and administering access control policies for business resources. While cost-friendly and reliable for securing Google Cloud applications, you should look to other Google Cloud Secret Manager competitors if you manage complex infrastructure and need multiple integrations.

Zero Trust vs. SASE: Everything You Need to Know

Concerned about providing secure access to the data and tools employees need to do their jobs in a cloud or hybrid environment? Don’t worry. Solid strategies exist for protecting distributed resources. Zero Trust and SASE are two architectural approaches that provide strong security in today’s cloud-first world. The information in this article will help you decide which strategy works best for your business. Robust cloud security is attainable.

Token-based Authentication: Everything You Need to Know

Secured authentication to databases and applications is crucial to enterprise cybersecurity management. Unfortunately, 82% of all breaches involve human error, including misused or compromised credentials that give threat actors unauthorized access to network resources. Luckily, there’s a solution that ensures security without the risks that come with traditional, credential-based authentication. This article discusses token-based authentication and explains why it's a reliable and flexible

Service Accounts: Definition, Best Practices, Security, and More

Is your organization overwhelmed by rampant service account sprawl? Rest assured, you can regain control. Modern Privileged Account Management (PAM) tools and practices empower you to overcome the challenges of unchecked service accounts. The information in this article will help you understand the meaning of service accounts, so you can manage your organization’s service accounts more effectively and mitigate their risks. Robust security is attainable for all your privileged accounts.

CI/CD Pipeline and CI/CD Security: Defined and Explained

A continuous integration, continuous delivery pipeline—or CI/CD pipeline—is a process workflow companies use to streamline and automate software development. A CI/CD pipeline automatically builds and tests code changes to detect bugs before the new code is merged and deployed.

4 Things to Expect When Interviewing at StrongDM

While some interview jitters are normal, we believe the interview process should be more exciting than nerve-racking. At StrongDM, we try to make interviewing a little less hair-pulling by focusing on genuine human connection. Because finding your dream role at the right company shouldn’t feel scary.

Cloud Native Security: Definition, Challenges, and Solutions

Cloud native security solutions can help organizations like yours protect your cloud resources, no matter when you transitioned to the cloud. Here’s everything you need to know about integrating cloud native security.

25 Surprising Employee Onboarding Statistics in 2025

Today there are numerous technologies and solutions to help organizations create an active onboarding experience for employees. But what do the employee onboarding statistics say about the process?

What’s New at StrongDM | January 2023

Get more value from StrongDM. Learn about the new StrongDM desktop client, secret store integrations, and more.

People First Means Implementing Pay Transparency

There’s a reason car salespeople ask, “What do you want your monthly payment to be?” when prospective customers walk onto the lot–there is power in asking the question first. In a recruitment setting, the power dynamics are wildly in favor of the company side of the equation unless the company practices pay transparency.

Cost of a Data Breach: 19 Facts and Stats to Know in 2025

Businesses need to be aware of the cost of a data breach as well as the latest trends in cybersecurity to develop appropriate prevention and response strategies. This article will review the latest statistics on data breach costs and several best practices for eliminating unauthorized data access.

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