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title: Secrets Management
description: Secrets Management lets you control which applications and users can access sensitive credentials stored on your instance.
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# Secrets Management

Secrets Management lets you control which applications and users can access sensitive credentials stored on your instance.

**Important:**

Secrets Management Enterprise has begun its End of Life process and has reached the End of Sale and End of Renewal milestones as of the Yokohama release. For support storing passwords with two-way encryption, see [Password2 encryption with the Key Management Framework \(KMF\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/platform-encryption/password-2way-encrypted-fields.md).

Use Secrets Management to restrict access to passwords and other sensitive credentials beyond standard role-based controls, such as when different teams or applications share an instance but shouldn't have access to each other's credentials, or when your organization's security policies require fine-grained control over who can decrypt specific secrets.

Secrets Management has two available versions. Secrets Management Core is included on the ServiceNow platform at no additional cost and Secrets Management Enterprise is a premium, subscription version of the product. For more information on the difference between these versions, see [Exploring Secrets Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/exploring-secrets-management.md).

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 [Learn the key features and business value of Secrets Management.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/exploring-secrets-management.md)

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 [Learn more about Secrets Management dashboard.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/secrets-dashboard.md)

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 [Plan your core configurations.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/client-access-secret-landing.md)

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</table>-   **[Exploring Secrets Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/exploring-secrets-management.md)**  
Use ServiceNow Secrets Management for granular management of access to your passwords to fit your business needs.
-   **[Configuring client accessible secrets](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/client-access-secret-landing.md)**  
Learn how to configure your instance to use client accessible secrets.
-   **[Secrets Management dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/secrets-dashboard.md)**  
Use the Secrets Management dashboard to review the secret groups configured on your instance and learn about any security issues.

**Parent Topic:**[Platform Security](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/platsec-sublanding.md)