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Knox-app vs IBM SKLM: What are the differences?
What is Knox-app? Secrets as a Service tool. It is a SaaS (Secrets as a Service) that helps you manage your keys, secrets, and configurations. Start in minutes and close the widest security breach.
What is IBM SKLM? Centralize, simplify and automate encryption key management. It centralizes, simplifies and automates the encryption key management process to help minimize risk and reduce operational costs of encryption key management. It offers secure, robust key storage, key serving and key lifecycle management for IBM and non-IBM storage solutions using the OASIS Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP).
Knox-app and IBM SKLM belong to "Secrets Management" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by Knox-app are:
- Secrets as a Service
- Fully managed
- Easiest SaaS you’ve ever tried
On the other hand, IBM SKLM provides the following key features:
- Centralized, transparent key management
- Offers simple, secure integration between data-at-rest storage systems and IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager with the industry-standard KMIP protocol
- Reduces key management costs by automating the assignment and rotation of keys
Pros of IBM SKLM
- Supported on any cloud (IBM, Amazon, Azure)1
- Cost effective1
- HA/DR supported1
- Key orchestration1
- REST compliant1
- KMIP-compliant1
- Supports wide range of devices and applications1
- Supported on Windows, Linux, AIX1
- Easy to use1
Pros of Knox-app
- Super simple to use2
- No configuration2