Credential Vault Use Cases
Secure, auditable access to privileged secrets is critical for effective privileged account management. 12Port Vault provides zero-transfer secret viewing, encryption, hierarchical access controls, multi-level approvals, MFA, and user identity integration; delivering both security and convenience for managing sensitive credentials.
Secure Sharing and Management of Privileged Secrets
Managing access to sensitive secrets such as passwords, private keys, access codes, and one-time passwords is a critical challenge for organizations. Providing secure, auditable, and controlled sharing of these secrets among users helps reduce the risk of credential exposure and unauthorized access. Our 12Port Credential Vault solution offers a robust framework for secret access that balances security with usability.
Controlled Secret Access with Zero Transfer
When users need to view secret information, the solution performs an unlock operation that reveals the secret only at the time of access. No actual secret transfer occurs beyond this, minimizing the risk of data leakage. All secret access events are securely logged and linked to the specific user who performed the action, ensuring a detailed audit trail for compliance and security investigations.
Encryption and Role-Based Access Control
Secrets are protected using strong encryption both at rest and during transmission, safeguarding sensitive data throughout its lifecycle. Access to secrets is governed by a hierarchical role-based access control (RBAC) system that applies permissions across containers, groups, and individual assets. This allows organizations to finely tune who can view, unlock, or manage secrets based on their role and position within the organizational hierarchy.
Approval Workflows and Multi-Factor Authentication
To further strengthen security, secret access operations can require multi-level approval processes, ensuring that sensitive secrets are only revealed after explicit authorization. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) can also be enforced at the time of secret access, adding an additional layer of user verification and helping prevent unauthorized or fraudulent access attempts.
Seamless Integration with Enterprise Identity Systems
Integration with Active Directory, LDAP, Entra ID, and Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions ensures that user authentication and group memberships are consistent across the enterprise environment. This makes managing user access to secrets seamless and efficient, while reducing the administrative burden on IT teams.
Enhanced Usability with Web Browser Password Fillers
To improve operational efficiency, the platform offers a web browser extension that securely autofills website login forms with secrets directly during user sessions. This reduces the risk of manual errors and further limits the exposure of sensitive information by eliminating the need for users to copy or type usernames and passwords.
Why Secure Secret Access is Essential
Controlling privileged secret access is fundamental to reducing the risk of credential theft and insider threats. By combining strong encryption, role-based controls, approval workflows, and enterprise identity integration, organizations can ensure that secrets remain protected yet accessible to authorized users when needed.