The Rising Threat of Secrets Sprawl and the Need for Action

The most precious asset in today’s information age is the secret safeguarded under lock and key. Regrettably, maintaining secrets has become increasingly challenging, as highlighted by the 2023 State of Secrets Sprawl report, the largest analysis of public GitHub activity. 
The report shows a 67% year-over-year increase in the number of secrets found, with 10 million hard-coded secrets detected