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Securing Application Secrets in ASP.NET Core 3

by Matt Tester

Learn how to protect your passwords, API Keys, and other application secrets in your ASP.NET applications. The secure development practices you will learn make it easier to keep production environments safe from malicious or accidental harm.

What you'll learn

Losing control of production passwords, API keys, and other secrets can be extremely costly to any business. In this course, Securing Application Secrets in ASP.NET Core, you will learn how to keep secrets safe in development through to production. First, you will discover the principles behind keeping application secrets protected and the common anti-patterns to avoid. Next, you will learn how to use Secret Manager to create a secure practice while developing. Finally, you will explore how to protect secrets in production using a Key Vault service. When you're finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge needed to secure application secrets in your ASP.NET applications.

About the author

Matt is an experienced architect, developer, and mentor. Driven by making the complex simple, he takes pride in finding new and better ways to work with technology, sharing the lessons learned along the way. As principal consultant at Pure Blue, Matt develops and advises on applications for the cloud using Azure, .NET, and JavaScript. Matt lives in Christchurch, New Zealand where he enjoys mountain running and lifting heavy weights.

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