EPISODE · May 9, 2023 · 32 MIN
THEY SCANNED ENTIRE GITHUB FOR SECRETS AND FOUND THIS!
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Cloud Security Podcast - we are continuing with our "Kubernetes Security & KubeCon EU 2023" and for the fourth episode in this series Mackenzie Jackson from GitGuardian. Mackenzie Jackson from GitGuardian was part of a report that found 10 Million secrets stored across the entire Github space on the internet. In this interview we go into how secrets have evolved from just being username/password to API Tokens, AWS Access Keys and whole lot more. Episode ShowNotes, Links and Transcript on Cloud Security Podcast: www.cloudsecuritypodcast.tv FREE CLOUD BOOTCAMPs on www.cloudsecuritybootcamp.com Host Twitter: Ashish Rajan (@hashishrajan) Guest Socials: Shane Lawrence (Shane's Linkedin) and Daniele Santos (Dani's Linkedin) Podcast Twitter - @CloudSecPod @CloudSecureNews If you want to watch videos of this LIVE STREAMED episode and past episodes - Check out our other Cloud Security Social Channels: - Cloud Security News - Cloud Security BootCamp Spotify TimeStamp for Interview Questions (00:00) Introduction (03:42) A bit about Mackenzie Jackson (04:16) What are secrets? (05:28) How are we dealing with secrets? (07:35) Mackezie talks about GitGuardian's Secret Sprawl Report (11:43) Managing history in Github (12:37) Mackenzie talks about ggcanary (14:09) Common types of secrets found in scans (15:42) Responsibility of Github and CSP providers (17:12) Are people ready to respond to honey token alarms? (20:33) Breaches causes by leaked secrets (23:34) Fun facts found in Secrets Sprawl Report (24:25) Secret sprawl is going to happen (25:09) Where do people start? (26:06) Implementing Git Hook as a security measure (28:08) How to get people to care about secrets (30:06) Where can people learn about secrets protection? (31:25) Where you can reach Mackenzie for more questions on secrets? See you at the next episode!
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Cloud Security Podcast - we are continuing with our "Kubernetes Security & KubeCon EU 2023" and for the fourth episode in this series Mackenzie Jackson from GitGuardian. Mackenzie Jackson from GitGuardian was part of a report that found 10 Million secrets stored across the entire Github space on the internet. In this interview we go into how secrets have evolved from just being username/password to API Tokens, AWS Access Keys and whole lot more. Episode ShowNotes, Links and Transcript on Cloud Security Podcast: www.cloudsecuritypodcast.tv FREE CLOUD BOOTCAMPs on www.cloudsecuritybootcamp.com Host Twitter: Ashish Rajan (@hashishrajan) Guest Socials: Shane Lawrence (Shane's Linkedin) and Daniele Santos (Dani's Linkedin) Podcast Twitter - @CloudSecPod @CloudSecureNews If you want to watch videos of this LIVE STREAMED episode and past episodes - Check out our other Cloud Security Social Channels: - Cloud Security News - Cloud Security BootCamp Spotify TimeStamp for Interview Questions (00:00) Introduction (03:42) A bit about Mackenzie Jackson (04:16) What are secrets? (05:28) How are we dealing with secrets? (07:35) Mackezie talks about GitGuardian's Secret Sprawl Report (11:43) Managing history in Github (12:37) Mackenzie talks about ggcanary (14:09) Common types of secrets found in scans (15:42) Responsibility of Github and CSP providers (17:12) Are people ready to respond to honey token alarms? (20:33) Breaches causes by leaked secrets (23:34) Fun facts found in Secrets Sprawl Report (24:25) Secret sprawl is going to happen (25:09) Where do people start? (26:06) Implementing Git Hook as a security measure (28:08) How to get people to care about secrets (30:06) Where can people learn about secrets protection? (31:25) Where you can reach Mackenzie for more questions on secrets? See you at the next episode!
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