Just-in-Time (JIT) secrets delivery is a security approach where credentials, secrets, or privileged tokens are made available only at the moment of legitimate use, never stored persistently in applications, scripts, or infrastructure. Segura® implements JIT secrets delivery across APIs, agents, and automation tools, enforcing Zero Standing Privilege and minimizing the risk of credential exposure.
Key Features
- Ephemeral Credentials: Secrets exist only at runtime and are invalidated after use or upon expiration.
- Dynamic Injection: Delivery to applications, containers, or scripts during execution/deployment.
- API & Agent Support: JIT secrets are delivered via API, CLI, agent, or integrations.
- Policy Enforcement: Access is governed by approval workflows, RBAC, and least privilege policies.
- Immediate Revocation: Credentials can be revoked instantly upon job completion, error, or policy violation.
- Comprehensive Auditing: All secret access and delivery events are logged.
Use Cases
- CI/CD Pipelines: JIT injection of secrets into build/deploy jobs (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps).
- Serverless Functions: Runtime provisioning of API keys/secrets to AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, etc.
- Dynamic Containers: Injection of database/API credentials into Kubernetes pods or Docker containers at startup.
- Automation Scripts: Scripts fetch secrets from Segura at execution, never storing them on disk.
- Short-lived Tasks: Temporary credentials for scheduled jobs, testing, or just-in-time privileged sessions.
API/Agent Workflow Example
- Endpoint:
POST /api/v4/secrets/jit-fetch - Authorization:
Bearer {token}
Request example
{
"secret\_id": "db-prod-123",
"purpose": "deploy",
"ttl": 300
}
Response example
{
"status": "success",
"secret": "S3cure\!JIT\!Value",
"expires\_at": "2025-05-28T14:45:00Z"
}
The secret is valid for 5 minutes and is revoked/rotated after the job.