Storing & Using API Keys Securely: Best Practices for Secret Management in Development (Crypto-Series-1, #4)

by Steven Nohr

Overview

Managing API keys and secrets is critical to secure applications. In Storing & Using API Keys Securely, Steven Paul delivers a hands‑on guide to best practices in secret management, covering: 

• Secure storage techniques (vaults, environment variables, hardware modules). 
• Rotation, versioning, and automated secret injection in CI/CD pipelines. 
• Protecting keys in client‑side and server‑side code, with real‑world code samples. 

This workbook includes step‑by‑step tutorials, configuration files, and exercises so developers and DevOps engineers can implement robust secret‑management workflows in any environment.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940181770768
Publisher:	Crypto Formula Foundation
Publication date:	05/04/2025
Series:	Crypto-Series-1
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	369 KB

About the Author

Steven Nohr

Technology Strategist | Innovator | Patent Holder

Steven Nohr is a technology strategist, product architect, and intellectual property developer with over 25 years of experience spanning global markets, emerging platforms, and disruptive systems design.

He holds multiple patents across critical innovation zones — including adaptive computing, immersive hardware, modular image editing systems, decentralized infrastructure, wearable tech, and smart airport systems. In 2002, he patented the world's first decentralized peer-to-peer network (US_7802724_B1), nearly a decade before Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin white paper.

Since 2016, Steven has been deeply engaged in blockchain architecture, DeFi systems, and Web3 infrastructure — including predictive automation tools, API-based market analysis, and NFT signal detection. He is the Co-Founder of Crypto Formula Foundation, a next-gen educational series delivering crypto intelligence through structured eBooks and data-driven video courses.

He also leads Adaptive Publishing Group, distributing future-focused content globally — bridging real-world systems with accessible knowledge, many of which are tied to patents.

A former Regional Strategy Director and Senior Product Lead, Steven has launched innovation programs across Asia-Pacific and North America, with deep expertise in edge computing, AI modeling, decentralized infrastructure, and synthetic computing design. His primary motivation is legacy — building tools and knowledge systems to empower tomorrow's minds, starting with his own son.