diff --git a/services/backup/src/Constants.h b/services/backup/src/Constants.h
--- a/services/backup/src/Constants.h
+++ b/services/backup/src/Constants.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include "GlobalTools.h"
 #include "Tools.h"
 
 #include <string>
diff --git a/services/backup/src/DatabaseManager.cpp b/services/backup/src/DatabaseManager.cpp
--- a/services/backup/src/DatabaseManager.cpp
+++ b/services/backup/src/DatabaseManager.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "DatabaseManager.h"
 #include "Constants.h"
+#include "GlobalTools.h"
 #include "Tools.h"
 
 #include <aws/core/utils/Outcome.h>
diff --git a/services/backup/src/Reactors/server/CreateNewBackupReactor.cpp b/services/backup/src/Reactors/server/CreateNewBackupReactor.cpp
--- a/services/backup/src/Reactors/server/CreateNewBackupReactor.cpp
+++ b/services/backup/src/Reactors/server/CreateNewBackupReactor.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "CreateNewBackupReactor.h"
 
 #include "DatabaseManager.h"
+#include "GlobalTools.h"
 #include "Tools.h"
 
 namespace comm {
diff --git a/services/backup/src/Tools.h b/services/backup/src/Tools.h
--- a/services/backup/src/Tools.h
+++ b/services/backup/src/Tools.h
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace comm {
 namespace network {
 
 std::string generateRandomString(std::size_t length = 20);
-uint64_t getCurrentTimestamp();
-std::string decorateTableName(const std::string &baseName);
-bool isDevMode();
 
 } // namespace network
 } // namespace comm
diff --git a/services/backup/src/Tools.cpp b/services/backup/src/Tools.cpp
--- a/services/backup/src/Tools.cpp
+++ b/services/backup/src/Tools.cpp
@@ -19,27 +19,5 @@
   return random_string;
 }
 
-uint64_t getCurrentTimestamp() {
-  using namespace std::chrono;
-  return duration_cast<milliseconds>(system_clock::now().time_since_epoch())
-      .count();
-}
-
-std::string decorateTableName(const std::string &baseName) {
-  std::string suffix = "";
-  if (std::getenv("COMM_TEST_SERVICES") != nullptr &&
-      std::string(std::getenv("COMM_TEST_SERVICES")) == "1") {
-    suffix = "-test";
-  }
-  return baseName + suffix;
-}
-
-bool isDevMode() {
-  if (std::getenv("COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE") == nullptr) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return std::string(std::getenv("COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE")) == "1";
-}
-
 } // namespace network
 } // namespace comm
diff --git a/services/backup/test/DatabaseManagerTest.cpp b/services/backup/test/DatabaseManagerTest.cpp
--- a/services/backup/test/DatabaseManagerTest.cpp
+++ b/services/backup/test/DatabaseManagerTest.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 #include "DatabaseManager.h"
+#include "GlobalTools.h"
 #include "Tools.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
diff --git a/services/blob/src/Constants.h b/services/blob/src/Constants.h
--- a/services/blob/src/Constants.h
+++ b/services/blob/src/Constants.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include "GlobalTools.h"
 #include "Tools.h"
 
 #include <string>
diff --git a/services/blob/src/DatabaseManager.cpp b/services/blob/src/DatabaseManager.cpp
--- a/services/blob/src/DatabaseManager.cpp
+++ b/services/blob/src/DatabaseManager.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "DatabaseManager.h"
+#include "GlobalTools.h"
 #include "Tools.h"
 
 #include <aws/core/utils/Outcome.h>
diff --git a/services/blob/src/S3Tools.cpp b/services/blob/src/S3Tools.cpp
--- a/services/blob/src/S3Tools.cpp
+++ b/services/blob/src/S3Tools.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "S3Tools.h"
 #include "Constants.h"
 #include "GlobalConstants.h"
+#include "GlobalTools.h"
 #include "Tools.h"
 
 #include <aws/s3/model/Bucket.h>
diff --git a/services/blob/src/Tools.h b/services/blob/src/Tools.h
--- a/services/blob/src/Tools.h
+++ b/services/blob/src/Tools.h
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@
 
 database::S3Path findS3Path(const database::ReverseIndexItem &reverseIndexItem);
 
-uint64_t getCurrentTimestamp();
-
-std::string decorateTableName(const std::string &baseName);
-
-bool isDevMode();
-
 class invalid_argument_error : public std::runtime_error {
 public:
   invalid_argument_error(std::string errorMessage)
diff --git a/services/blob/src/Tools.cpp b/services/blob/src/Tools.cpp
--- a/services/blob/src/Tools.cpp
+++ b/services/blob/src/Tools.cpp
@@ -69,27 +69,5 @@
   return result;
 }
 
-uint64_t getCurrentTimestamp() {
-  using namespace std::chrono;
-  return duration_cast<milliseconds>(system_clock::now().time_since_epoch())
-      .count();
-}
-
-std::string decorateTableName(const std::string &baseName) {
-  std::string suffix = "";
-  if (std::getenv("COMM_TEST_SERVICES") != nullptr &&
-      std::string(std::getenv("COMM_TEST_SERVICES")) == "1") {
-    suffix = "-test";
-  }
-  return baseName + suffix;
-}
-
-bool isDevMode() {
-  if (std::getenv("COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE") == nullptr) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return std::string(std::getenv("COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE")) == "1";
-}
-
 } // namespace network
 } // namespace comm
diff --git a/services/lib/src/DynamoDBTools.cpp b/services/lib/src/DynamoDBTools.cpp
--- a/services/lib/src/DynamoDBTools.cpp
+++ b/services/lib/src/DynamoDBTools.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "DynamoDBTools.h"
 #include "Constants.h"
 #include "GlobalConstants.h"
+#include "GlobalTools.h"
 
 namespace comm {
 namespace network {
diff --git a/services/backup/src/Tools.h b/services/lib/src/GlobalTools.h
copy from services/backup/src/Tools.h
copy to services/lib/src/GlobalTools.h
--- a/services/backup/src/Tools.h
+++ b/services/lib/src/GlobalTools.h
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 namespace comm {
 namespace network {
 
-std::string generateRandomString(std::size_t length = 20);
 uint64_t getCurrentTimestamp();
+
 std::string decorateTableName(const std::string &baseName);
+
 bool isDevMode();
 
 } // namespace network
diff --git a/services/backup/src/Tools.cpp b/services/lib/src/GlobalTools.cpp
copy from services/backup/src/Tools.cpp
copy to services/lib/src/GlobalTools.cpp
--- a/services/backup/src/Tools.cpp
+++ b/services/lib/src/GlobalTools.cpp
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
-#include "Tools.h"
+#include "GlobalTools.h"
+
+#include <openssl/sha.h>
 
 #include <chrono>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <random>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <string>
 
 namespace comm {
 namespace network {
 
-std::string generateRandomString(std::size_t length) {
-  const std::string CHARACTERS =
-      "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
-  thread_local std::random_device generator;
-  std::uniform_int_distribution<> distribution(0, CHARACTERS.size() - 1);
-  std::string random_string;
-  for (std::size_t i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
-    random_string += CHARACTERS[distribution(generator)];
-  }
-  return random_string;
-}
-
 uint64_t getCurrentTimestamp() {
   using namespace std::chrono;
   return duration_cast<milliseconds>(system_clock::now().time_since_epoch())