Itzik Alvas -- Secrets Security and Management

Itzik Alvas, Co-founder and CEO of Entro, is an expert on secrets security. Itzik joins Chris and Robert to discuss the significance of understanding and managing secrets, emphasizing the importance of knowing how many secrets an organization has, where they are located, and their potential impact. He elaborates on the three pillars of secrets management: listing and locating secrets, classifying and understanding their potential blast radius, and monitoring them for any abnormal behavior. Itzik Alvas started his cybersecurity journey 17 years ago, when he was selected to join the elite cybersecurity unit of the IDF, Israel Defense Forces. He was introduced to the cybersecurity ecosystem there and gained enormous knowledge and experience on a nation state level.The Application Security Podcast is brought to you by Security Journey.About Security JourneyItzik Alvas started his cybersecurity journey 17 years ago, when he was selected to join the elite cybersecurity unit of the IDF, Israel Defense Forces.→ Learn more about Security JourneyConnect with Itzik Alvas:→ Entro→ Foundation by Isaac AsimovMentioned in this episode:→ Entro→ Foundation by Isaac Asimov→ Ringworld by Larry Niven→ Seveneves by Neal Stephenson→ Azure Key Vault→ AquiaFollow the Application Security Podcast:➜ Home➜ X➜ LinkedIn➜ YouTube➜ Instagram➜ FacebookChapters:00:00 Meet Itzik Alvas: Secrets Security and Management02:03 We are, we are the original application security podcast. Like we04:28 I understand. I've never been a CISO, so I can't say07:06 I can imagine. So just to dive into our topic today09:35 That's a big, that's a big number. I'm still stuck on13:07 I guess another, another part of the program is how you16:02 Yeah. Yeah. So I feel like we've, we've kind of explored19:16 Definitely make sure I keep aware, but I'm sure there is21:33 That's true. That's true. I mean, the Lambdas of the world24:32 You're, you're advocating for almost like a secrets workflow management approach28:03 You talked about, um, deleting, so, you know, I think about32:47 We'll do. All right. So, um, what's your most controversial opinion35:02 Very cool. And then finally, what's your top book recommendation