The state of secrets security: 7 steps to better managing risk

The exposure risk of development secrets is becoming a problem of epidemic proportions, driven by the growing complexity of the software supply chain. Over the past four years, the incidence of exposed secrets has quadrupled, GitGuardian's 2024 State of Secrets Sprawl report has found.

2023 alone saw 12.8 million occurrences of exposed secrets on GitHub, a 28% increase over 2022, the report noted. In addition, the report pointed out that the proliferation of 50 million new repositories on GitHub …

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