diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c4cfdb0aa2..e8061ac455 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ jobs:
   unit-tests:
     name: Unit Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     needs: checks
     env:
       GOPROXY: ${{ needs.checks.outputs.go_proxy }}
@@ -260,6 +263,23 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: 'v3.18.6'
 
+      - name: Azure login
+        uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_CLIENT_ID }}
+          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_TENANT_ID }}
+          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+        if: ${{ inputs.force || (needs.checks.outputs.binary_cache_hit != 'true' && needs.checks.outputs.forked_workflow != 'true') }}
+
+      - name: Setup secrets
+        id: secrets
+        run: |
+          echo "Setting secrets for job"
+          CODECOV_TOKEN=$(az keyvault secret show --name code-cov --vault-name ${{ secrets.NIC_KEYVAULT_NAME }} --query value -o tsv)
+          echo "::add-mask::$CODECOV_TOKEN"
+          echo "CODECOV_TOKEN=$CODECOV_TOKEN" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        if: ${{ inputs.force || (needs.checks.outputs.binary_cache_hit != 'true' && needs.checks.outputs.forked_workflow != 'true') }}
+
       - name: Setup Golang Environment
         uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
@@ -284,7 +304,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@5a1091511ad55cbe89839c7260b706298ca349f7 # v5.5.1
         with:
           files: ./coverage.txt
-          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} # required
+          token: ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.CODECOV_TOKEN }} # required
         if: ${{ needs.checks.outputs.binary_cache_hit != 'true' && (inputs.run_tests && inputs.run_tests || true) }}
 
       - name: Run static check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/notifications.yml b/.github/workflows/notifications.yml
index 8fd0199743..a236f79c7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notifications.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notifications.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: read # for 8398a7/action-slack
+      id-token: write # for Azure login
     steps:
       - name: Data
         uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8.0.0
@@ -48,6 +49,21 @@ jobs:
               commit_message: message_sanitized,
             }
 
+      - name: Azure login
+        uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_CLIENT_ID }}
+          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_TENANT_ID }}
+          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+
+      - name: Setup secrets
+        id: secrets
+        run: |
+          echo "Setting secrets for job"
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK=$(az keyvault secret show --name slack-pipeline-webhook --vault-name ${{ secrets.NIC_KEYVAULT_NAME }} --query value -o tsv)
+          echo "::add-mask::$SLACK_WEBHOOK"
+          echo "SLACK_WEBHOOK=$SLACK_WEBHOOK" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Send Notification
         uses: 8398a7/action-slack@77eaa4f1c608a7d68b38af4e3f739dcd8cba273e # v3.19.0
         with:
@@ -83,4 +99,4 @@ jobs:
               }]
             }
         env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/oss-release.yml b/.github/workflows/oss-release.yml
index c746f482ee..364e25f197 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/oss-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/oss-release.yml
@@ -121,6 +121,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
 
+      - name: Azure login
+        uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_CLIENT_ID }}
+          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_TENANT_ID }}
+          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+
+      - name: Setup secrets
+        id: secrets
+        run: |
+          echo "Setting secrets for job"
+          AWS_ROLE_PUBLIC_ECR=$(az keyvault secret show --name aws-public-role --vault-name ${{ secrets.NIC_KEYVAULT_NAME }} --query value -o tsv)
+          echo "::add-mask::$AWS_ROLE_PUBLIC_ECR"
+          echo "AWS_ROLE_PUBLIC_ECR=$AWS_ROLE_PUBLIC_ECR" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Authenticate to Google Cloud
         id: gcr-auth
         uses: google-github-actions/auth@7c6bc770dae815cd3e89ee6cdf493a5fab2cc093 # v3.0.0
@@ -140,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@00943011d9042930efac3dcd3a170e4273319bc8 # v5.1.0
         with:
           aws-region: us-east-1
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_PUBLIC_ECR }}
+          role-to-assume: ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.AWS_ROLE_PUBLIC_ECR }}
 
       - name: Login to Public ECR
         uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef # v3.6.0
@@ -214,6 +229,26 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
 
+      - name: Azure login
+        uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_CLIENT_ID }}
+          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_TENANT_ID }}
+          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+
+      - name: Setup secrets
+        id: secrets
+        run: |
+          echo "Setting secrets for job"
+          QUAY_CREDS=$(az keyvault secret show --name quay-creds --vault-name ${{ secrets.NIC_KEYVAULT_NAME }} --query value -o tsv)
+          echo "::add-mask::$QUAY_CREDS"
+          QUAY_USERNAME=$(echo $QUAY_CREDS | jq -r '.username')
+          echo "::add-mask::$QUAY_USERNAME"
+          echo "QUAY_USERNAME=$QUAY_USERNAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          QUAY_ROBOT_TOKEN=$(echo $QUAY_CREDS | jq -r '.token')
+          echo "::add-mask::$QUAY_ROBOT_TOKEN"
+          echo "QUAY_ROBOT_TOKEN=$QUAY_ROBOT_TOKEN" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Authenticate to Google Cloud
         id: gcr-auth
         uses: google-github-actions/auth@7c6bc770dae815cd3e89ee6cdf493a5fab2cc093 # v3.0.0
@@ -233,8 +268,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef # v3.6.0
         with:
           registry: quay.io
-          username: ${{ secrets.QUAY_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_ROBOT_TOKEN }}
+          username: ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.QUAY_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.QUAY_ROBOT_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Publish images
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/plus-release.yml b/.github/workflows/plus-release.yml
index 3509c33102..f621706016 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plus-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plus-release.yml
@@ -215,6 +215,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
 
+      - name: Azure login
+        uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_CLIENT_ID }}
+          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_TENANT_ID }}
+          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+
+      - name: Setup secrets
+        id: secrets
+        run: |
+          echo "Setting secrets for job"
+          AWS_ROLE_MARKETPLACE=$(az keyvault secret show --name aws-mktpl-role --vault-name ${{ secrets.NIC_KEYVAULT_NAME }} --query value -o tsv)
+          echo "::add-mask::$AWS_ROLE_MARKETPLACE"
+          echo "AWS_ROLE_MARKETPLACE=$AWS_ROLE_MARKETPLACE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Authenticate to Google Cloud
         id: gcr-auth
         uses: google-github-actions/auth@7c6bc770dae815cd3e89ee6cdf493a5fab2cc093 # v3.0.0
@@ -234,7 +249,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@00943011d9042930efac3dcd3a170e4273319bc8 # v5.1.0
         with:
           aws-region: us-east-1
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_MARKETPLACE }}
+          role-to-assume: ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.AWS_ROLE_MARKETPLACE }}
 
       - name: Login to ECR
         uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef # v3.6.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/regression.yml b/.github/workflows/regression.yml
index f85cac6e51..5505e5964f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/regression.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/regression.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ jobs:
   unit-tests:
     name: Unit Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     needs: [checks]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
@@ -90,6 +93,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ needs.checks.outputs.branch }}
 
+      - name: Azure login
+        uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_CLIENT_ID }}
+          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_TENANT_ID }}
+          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+
+      - name: Setup secrets
+        id: secrets
+        run: |
+          echo "Setting secrets for job"
+          CODECOV_TOKEN=$(az keyvault secret show --name code-cov --vault-name ${{ secrets.NIC_KEYVAULT_NAME }} --query value -o tsv)
+          echo "::add-mask::$CODECOV_TOKEN"
+          echo "CODECOV_TOKEN=$CODECOV_TOKEN" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Setup Helm
         uses: azure/setup-helm@1a275c3b69536ee54be43f2070a358922e12c8d4 # v4.3.1
         with:
@@ -107,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@5a1091511ad55cbe89839c7260b706298ca349f7 # v5.5.1
         with:
           files: ./coverage.txt
-          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} # required
+          token: ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.CODECOV_TOKEN }} # required
 
   helm-tests:
     name: Helm Tests ${{ matrix.base-os }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 88e2f3baa7..d9c481a592 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -437,11 +437,26 @@ jobs:
   #       with:
   #         ref: ${{ inputs.release_branch }}
 
+  #     - name: Azure login
+  #       uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
+  #       with:
+  #         client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_CLIENT_ID }}
+  #         tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_TENANT_ID }}
+  #         subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+
+  #     - name: Setup secrets
+  #       id: secrets
+  #       run: |
+  #         echo "Setting secrets for job"
+  #         AWS_ROLE_MARKETPLACE=$(az keyvault secret show --name aws-mktpl-role --vault-name ${{ secrets.NIC_KEYVAULT_NAME }} --query value -o tsv)
+  #         echo "::add-mask::$AWS_ROLE_MARKETPLACE"
+  #         echo "AWS_ROLE_MARKETPLACE=$AWS_ROLE_MARKETPLACE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
   #     - name: Configure AWS Credentials
   #       uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@b47578312673ae6fa5b5096b330d9fbac3d116df # v4.2.1
   #       with:
   #         aws-region: us-east-1
-  #         role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_MARKETPLACE }}
+  #         role-to-assume: ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.AWS_ROLE_MARKETPLACE }}
 
   #     - name: Publish to AWS Marketplace
   #       uses: nginx/aws-marketplace-publish@accf7b4c725796b744f2ee27acc2488d76f63d32 # v1.0.8
@@ -527,6 +542,19 @@ jobs:
           tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
           subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
 
+      - name: Setup secrets
+        id: secrets
+        run: |
+          echo "Setting secrets for job"
+          AZURE_STORAGE=$(az keyvault secret show --name azure-storage --vault-name ${{ secrets.NIC_KEYVAULT_NAME }} --query value -o tsv)
+          echo "::add-mask::$AZURE_STORAGE"
+          AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT=$(echo $AZURE_STORAGE | jq -r '.account')
+          echo "::add-mask::$AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT"
+          echo "AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT=$AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          AZURE_BUCKET_NAME=$(echo $AZURE_STORAGE | jq -r '.bucket')
+          echo "::add-mask::$AZURE_BUCKET_NAME"
+          echo "AZURE_BUCKET_NAME=$AZURE_BUCKET_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Azure Upload Release Packages
         uses: azure/CLI@9f7ce6f37c31b777ec6c6b6d1dfe7db79f497956 # v2.2.0
         with:
@@ -534,8 +562,8 @@ jobs:
             for i in $(find tarballs -type f); do
               echo -n "Uploading ${i} to kubernetes-ingress/v${{ inputs.nic_version }}/${i##*/} ... "
               if ${{ ! inputs.dry_run}}; then
-                az storage blob upload --auth-mode=login -f "$i" -c ${{ secrets.AZURE_BUCKET_NAME }} \
-                  --account-name ${{ secrets.AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT }} --overwrite -n kubernetes-ingress/v${{ inputs.nic_version }}/${i##*/}
+                az storage blob upload --auth-mode=login -f "$i" -c ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.AZURE_BUCKET_NAME }} \
+                  --account-name ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT }} --overwrite -n kubernetes-ingress/v${{ inputs.nic_version }}/${i##*/}
                 echo "done"
               else
                 echo "skipped, dry_run."
@@ -635,6 +663,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: read
+      id-token: write
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -645,6 +674,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.release_branch }}
 
+      - name: Azure login
+        uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_CLIENT_ID }}
+          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_TENANT_ID }}
+          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_VAULT_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+
+      - name: Setup secrets
+        id: secrets
+        run: |
+          echo "Setting secrets for job"
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK=$(az keyvault secret show --name slack-pipeline-webhook --vault-name ${{ secrets.NIC_KEYVAULT_NAME }} --query value -o tsv)
+          echo "::add-mask::$SLACK_WEBHOOK"
+          echo "SLACK_WEBHOOK=$SLACK_WEBHOOK" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Get Image manifest digest
         id: digest
         run: |
@@ -701,4 +745,4 @@ jobs:
               }]
             }
         env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}