Secrets management, a crucial aspect of modern IT security, involves managing digital authentication credentials like API keys, passwords, SSH keys, and tokens, which are essential for the secure operation of applications and services. Poor management of these secrets can lead to significant security vulnerabilities, as compromised credentials can provide unauthorized access across systems, resulting in severe financial and compliance repercussions. Manual secrets management methods, such as storing credentials in configuration files or sharing passwords insecurely, are inadequate at scale and pose risks like technical debt and operational inefficiencies. Automated solutions like secret rotation and dynamic secrets offer enhanced security by programmatically updating credentials and generating temporary, on-demand secrets with limited lifespans, thus reducing human error and improving access control. With the rise of cloud computing and DevOps practices, the complexity of managing secrets has increased, necessitating the adoption of centralized management systems and a DevSecOps culture that emphasizes shared responsibility, continuous monitoring, and secure coding practices to build resilient and scalable infrastructures.