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API key storage: how to answer it in a security questionnaire

Usually asked as: “How do you securely store and manage API keys?”

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What the buyer is really asking

There are two kinds of keys here: the API keys you issue to the buyer and the keys you hold for third-party services. Buyers hope to hear that issued keys are hashed and held keys are kept in a secrets manager.

Other ways buyers ask it

Every one of these wants the same answer:

  • “How do you store API keys?”
  • “Are API keys hashed or encrypted?”
  • “Can API keys be rotated or revoked?”

Evidence to have ready

  • How issued API keys are stored and displayed
  • The secrets manager holding third-party keys

How Tyrvar answers this

Tyrvar treats every wording above as one question. You write the answer once, attach the evidence, and revisit it when your setup changes. Each buyer gets that approved answer no matter how their questionnaire words it. If you have not answered it yet, Tyrvar flags the question for you and does not make something up. Try it on your own questionnaire.

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