🔒🤖 The Next Step in GitGuardian’s Approach to NHI Security

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Leverage real-time and historical monitoring, ML-driven threat detection, AI-powered investigations, and proven remediation playbooks to secure your code and mitigate supply chain threats.

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Mobility companies grapple with rising cybersecurity breaches

After hardcoded credentials were exploited, Uber suffered a major breach, giving attackers access to critical systems including AWS, PAM, and Slack.

Toyota accidentally exposed a credential on GitHub for nearly 5 years, potentially compromising customer data.

BMW exposed sensitive internal data, including private keys and login credentials, due to a misconfigured cloud storage server on Azure.

Escalating cyber threats

Mobility companies face rising cyber threats, as shown by CDK Global's recent breach, impacting the entire ecosystem—from the factory floor to cars, telematics servers, and dealerships.

Complex software architecture

Modern software-defined vehicles (SDVs) run on up to 150 million lines of code, increasing the risk of vulnerabilities, secrets leaks, and exploits that can endanger driver safety and vehicle functionality.

Telematics exploits and remote control risks

Insecure telematics and command servers let attackers remotely control or disable vehicles, creating serious physical risks due to the blend of IT and OT systems in mobility. This creates safety risks for millions of drivers on the road.

Data privacy concerns

Vehicles collect vast personal data, making them prime breach targets. A single breach could expose users to identity theft, and the organization to regulatory penalties and severe reputation damage, potentially leading to lost market share and long-term erosion of trust.

Supply chain vulnerabilities

The automotive supply chain is complex and relies heavily on third-party components. A single compromised component can create a domino effect and affect multiple vehicles across different manufacturers, posing a fleet-wide systemic risk. The impact can be severe, as seen in incidents like the SolarWinds breach.

Breaches due to hardcoded secrets

When passwords or other authentication is hard-coded in vehicles’ software it can grant attackers or APT groups access to key systems, causing breaches and disruptions, highlighting the dangers of poor secrets management in the automotive industry.

Over-the-air (OTA) updates

OTA updates, while convenient for maintaining vehicle software, can be intercepted and manipulated by attackers, leading to unauthorized access, potential ransomware attacks, and exploitation of hidden features.

Right to repair risks

Granting broader access to vehicle data under the "right to repair" could expose sensitive information, necessitating stronger data protection measures.

How does GitGuardian help mobility companies around the world?

Monitor your internal perimeter

Manage thousands of repository scans: Monitor thousands of developers and repositories in real-time to ensure robust protection. Regularly audit VCSs like GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure Repos for exposed secrets, safeguarding your automotive development lifecycle.

Secure your CI/CD pipelines: Embed secrets detection in CI tools such as Jenkins and CircleCI to prevent secret leaks during automated builds and deployments in automotive software systems.

Detect secrets in tools developers use the most frequently: Scan platforms like %external sources scanned for secrets% to prevent accidental exposure. Extend detection beyond code to ensure secrets are managed and rotated across all development tools.

Monitor your external attack surface

Detect any company-related secrets leaks on public GitHub: Expand monitoring to attack surfaces like public GitHub, where internal secrets often leak. Continuously scan public repositories for exposed credentials to mitigate risks and prevent breaches similar to Toyota's breach.

Organizations must consider the security posture of their suppliers and vendors as part of their overall risk assessment.

Facilitate incident response at scale

Automate severity scoring: Prioritize alerts based on the automated severity, and potential impact on vehicle safety, enabling quick and informed decision-making during incident response. Streamline remediation with our automated platform to reduce MTTR.  

Coordinate and streamline remediation: Active remediation is crucial for code cleanup and rotation, and we identify the files needing code fixes and also allow your teams to monitor remediation progress via pull requests. This approach leads to faster remediation and a higher number of resolved incidents. 

Integrate with SIEM: Forward real-time alerts to your preferred security information and event management (SIEM) systems for comprehensive monitoring and faster incident response.

Prevent hardcoded secrets

Block pull requests with secrets: Implement pre-commit hooks in dev workflows to detect and block secrets before they’re merged into vehicle software, catching vulnerabilities early in the automotive development lifecycle.   

Educate developers in real-time: Provide just-in-time training on secrets management, equipping developers with the knowledge to avoid security pitfalls specific to automotive software development.

Enhance data protection

Conduct comprehensive supply chain audits: Regularly audit your automotive supply chain for exposed secrets by deploying honeytokens in third-party software. This allows you to detect service provider breaches before they’re disclosed. Otherwise, it can take hundreds to thousands of man-hours to find and rotate those compromised credentials. 

Enforce best practices in secrets management: Accelerate secrets detection and enforce best practices thanks to our partnership with CyberArk, preventing hardcoded secrets and promoting secrets manager adoption in the automotive SDLC.

Ensure compliance: Track your security posture over time and report findings to stakeholders in line with automotive industry standards.