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GitGuardian Internal Repository Monitoring helps prevent secrets sprawl
GitGuardian Internal Repository Monitoring helps prevent secret sprawl
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Open-source and capable of being self-hosted, many companies choose Gitlab as their favorite DevOps lifecycle tool. Gitlab provides a git repository manager with a wiki, issue-tracking and CI/CD pipeline.
However, running security audits at the end of the software development life cycle is a huge amount of work for security teams.
Modern applications communicate using secrets: API keys and other credentials thus give access to multiple systems of the company. These secrets are even more sensitive than credit card numbers for your organization. You wouldn’t let unauthorized actors find them.
The term “secret sprawl” was coined to designate this problem. Choosing the path of least resistance, it is tempting to hardcode secrets in the source code, and share them via slack or email.
But this means malicious actors can move from one system to another and potentially squat the system. Secrets are sensitive, yet easy to share by mistake.
Human error can happen. But when teams are under pressure, it is all the more likely. With more to be done and less time to do it, developers can leak secrets by mistake. Running an analysis that scans the source code for security vulnerabilities can identify these mistakes.
Integrate GitGuardian to your ticketing and notification systems.
GitGuardian leads the way in Non-Human Identity security, offering end-to-end solutions from secrets detection in code, productivity tools and environments to strong remediation, observability and proactive prevention of leaks.
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