Secrets sprawl: Protecting your critical secrets

Leaked secrets, a phenomenon known as ‘secrets sprawl,’ is a pervasive vulnerability that plagues nearly every organization. It refers to the unintentional exposure of sensitive credentials hardcoded in plaintext within source code, messaging systems, internal documentation, or ticketing systems. As the undisputed leader in leaked secrets detection, GitGuardian has been meticulously identifying and reporting the prevalence of such secrets on public GitHub for years. Alarmingly, the instances of publicly exposed secrets have quadrupled in a … More →

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