The end of static secrets: Ford’s OpenShift strategy

Source: Red Hat Blog

Overview

At the Red Hat OpenShift Commons Gathering in Atlanta on November 10, 2025, Satish Puranam, Director of Cloud and Developer Experience at Ford, and Sitaram Iyer, VP of Emerging Technologies at CyberArk, outlined how Ford manages over 200 Red Hat OpenShift clusters amid a complex digital transition. Their strategy hinges on a single, non‑negotiable mandate:

Everything must be keyless.

Visual Reference

• Image 1: From left, Satish Puranam, Director of Cloud and Developer Experience at Ford, and Sitaram Iyer, VP of Emerging Technologies at CyberArk.

Key Elements of the Strategy

• Elimination of static secrets – Ford has completely abandoned static secrets to ensure a keyless environment.
• (Further details on implementation were truncated in the source excerpt.)