Merging to Main #3: CI/CD Secrets
CI/CD Secrets are... well... secret (or at least they should be)!
Think of all the credentials and tokens currently in use in your CI/CD pipeline.
These secrets provide critical authentication for essential infrastructure like source control, environments, and build and deployment tools, but they can also easily expose you to risk. Having a secure secret management process is more important than ever for protecting your company and ensuring only authorized personnel can access them.
Don’t leave yourself open to a plethora of insecurities; depending on how significant these insecurities can be, you welcome unnecessary work down the line and potentially even some legal consequences.
So let’s nip that in the bud on the next episode of Merging to Main and talk about:
Best Practices
Secret Management Tools
The Definitely “Dont’s”