GitGuardian's State of Secrets Sprawl 2025 Report Highlights Alarming Exposure of Secrets in Modern Software Environments
CybersecuritySoftwareSecretsNon-Human IdentitiesSecurity Blind Spots
The State of Secrets Sprawl 2025 report by GitGuardian reveals the alarming extent of secret exposure in modern software environments. This situation is primarily due to the rapid growth of non-human identities (NHIs), which have outnumbered human users for several years. This proliferation of machine identities creates significant security blind spots.