Taming the multi-vault beast – Source: go.theregister.com

Partner Content With Non-Human Identities (NHIs) now outnumbering human users 100 to one in enterprise environments, managing secrets across multiple vaults has become a significant security concern.

GitGuardian, known for its secrets detection and remediation capabilities, is addressing this challenge head-on with its latest release of multi-vault integrations.

NHIs – digital references used to authenticate machine-to-machine access – have become the silent majority in modern enterprises. These machine identities, used by everything from CI/CD pipelines to cloud workloads, rely on secrets like API keys and access tokens for authentication. As NHIs proliferate, so does the volume of secrets that need to be managed, creating new attack vectors for malicious actors.

While secrets management platforms like HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager have become standard tools for security-conscious organizations, the reality is messier than it seems. Most enterprises run multiple vaults across different teams and environments, creating blind spots and inefficiencies that can compromise security.

“Managing secrets across disparate vaults has become a nightmare for enterprises,” explains Eric Fourrier, CEO of GitGuardian. “Teams lose track of where secrets are stored, who has access to them, and whether they’re still needed.”

Unified control, multiple vaults

GitGuardian’s new integrations span the major players in secrets management. They include HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk Conjur, AWS Secrets Manager, Google Cloud Secrets Manager, and Azure Key Vault.

Key capabilities include centralized visibility across all vault platforms; automated detection of stale and unused secrets; cross-vault incident resolution; streamlined vault migration and consolidation; and 0olicy enforcement across platforms.

This release marks GitGuardian’s evolution from secrets detection to comprehensive Non-Human Identity (NHI) governance. The platform now provides end-to-end visibility and control over the entire secrets lifecycle, from creation to retirement. The timing couldn’t be better. With the explosive growth of machine identities and their associated secrets, organizations need tools that can scale with their complexity while reducing security risks.

For enterprises struggling with vault sprawl, the benefits are immediate. They range from reduced operational costs through vault consolidation and faster incident response with cross-vault visibility all the way through to improved security posture via consistent policy enforcement and simplified compliance reporting across platforms.

Don’t let vault sprawl become your next security nightmare. Take control of your secrets management strategy with GitGuardian’s unified approach.

Contact GitGuardian to learn more about multi-vault integration

Contributed by GitGuardian.