The State of Secrets Sprawl 2024
PARIS and BOSTON, March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GitGuardian, the world leader in automated secrets detection, launched today its 2024 edition of the State of Secrets Sprawl report. The study —the most comprehensive research on exposed secrets in public GitHub— reveals that 12.8M new secrets occurrences were leaked publicly on GitHub in 2023, +28% compared to 2022. Remarkably, the incidence of publicly exposed secrets has quadrupled since the company started reporting in 2021.
- State of Secrets Sprawl Report Reveals 12.8M New Secrets Occurrences Detected in 2023; Up 28% From 2022
The study reveals a concerning trend: more than 90% of the secrets remain valid 5 days after being leaked
PARIS and BOSTON, March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GitGuardian , the world leader in automated secrets detection, launched today its 2024 edition of the State of Secrets Sprawl report. - In 2023 alone, over 1 million valid occurrences of Google API secrets, 250,000 Google Cloud secrets, and 140,000 AWS secrets were detected.
- Download the State of Secrets Sprawl 2024 report here.
- Lastly, the report provides a set of valuable recommendations for organizations committed to tackling secrets sprawl.