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title: PingGateway secrets
description: PingGateway uses the Commons Secrets API to manage secrets, such as passwords and cryptographic keys.
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# PingGateway secrets

PingGateway uses the Commons Secrets API to manage secrets, such as passwords and cryptographic keys.

For more information about how PingGateway manages secrets, refer to [About secrets](../security-guide/keys.html#about-secrets).

* [Base64EncodedSecretStore](Base64EncodedSecretStore.html)

* [FileSystemSecretStore](FileSystemSecretStore.html)

* [HsmSecretStore](HsmSecretStore.html)

* [JwkPropertyFormat](JwkPropertyFormat.html)

* [JwkSetSecretStore](JwkSetSecretStore.html)

* [KeyStoreSecretStore](KeyStoreSecretStore.html)

* [PemPropertyFormat](PemPropertyFormat.html)

* [SecretsKeyManager](SecretsKeyManager.html)

* [SecretKeyPropertyFormat](SecretKeyPropertyFormat.html)

* [SecretsProvider](SecretsProvider.html)

* [SecretsTrustManager](SecretsTrustManager.html)

* [SystemAndEnvSecretStore](SystemAndEnvSecretStore.html)

* [TrustManager (deprecated)](TrustManager.html)