IBM has acquired HashiCorp, a leader in secrets management that already has its own following. Now IBM users have access to more sophisticated tools for managing and securing infrastructure with HashiCorp Terraform and Vault.
To help explain the benefits of the IBM acquisition of HashiCorp, we have created a brief video that explores how IBM and HashiCorp team up to combine automation and hybrid cloud expertise with proven tools for infrastructure consistency and security.
The Value of HashiCorp Terraform and Vault
Watch our 3-minute video and get insights from Amy Hiesberger, VP of Corporate Development and Senior Account Executive at ProActive Solutions on how:
- Terraform automatically builds consistent environments across any cloud
- Vault embeds Zero Trust security into daily operations
- ProActive HashiCorp Professional Services help accelerate solution adoption
What is HashiCorp Vault?
HashiCorp Vault is opensource software designed to secure the storage and access of secrets, including tokens, encryption keys, passwords, and certificates.
The core features and capabilities of Vault include:
- Dynamic Secrets that are created as they are being read and then destroyed once they’ve been used
- Certificate and Key Management that allows companies to generate, rotate, and revoke certificates when needed and manage encryption keys across all environments
- Encryption as a Service to verify data and take on the burden of encryption and decryption processes
- Secrets Sync that enables users to consolidate credentials, reduce secret sprawl, and automate secrets policies
- Performance Replication for delivering a Vault cluster to multiple locations easily to support globally distributed applications
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) that supports cloud providers, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), and LDAP with Kubernetes, for a high level of layered security
What is Terraform?
HashiCorp Terraform is enterprise-ready Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with security, governance, scaling, and support for provisioning and managing hybrid cloud infrastructure.
The core capabilities of Terraform include:
- Adopt: Compose IaC in a Terraform file to provision resources from any infrastructure provider.
- Build: Leverage infrastructure automation workflows to compose, collaborate, reuse, and provision IaC across IT operations and teams of developers.
- Standardize: Establish guardrails for security, compliance, and cost management through role-based access controls, policy enforcement, and audit.
- Scale: Extend workflow automation to all teams in the organization with self-service IaC and integrate with VCS, ITSM, and CI/CD.
Why Partner with ProActive for HashiCorp?
For today’s geographically distributed and dynamic business environments, HashiCorp Vault and Terraform are essential for achieving consistent infrastructure management and comprehensive secrets management.
ProActive Solutions can help implement enterprise Vault and Terraform deployments with a focus on data governance, compliance, and automation through our HashiCorp Professional Services.
As experts in identity and access management, offering consultations on security and compliance, we can help align Vault and Terraform solutions with our clients’ security and operational goals.
Discover how our HashiCorp Professional Services can help your company adopt Terraform and Vault. Request a HashiCorp consultation with ProActive Solutions.
