There are risks associated with providing your confidential information online, but it’s necessary in a modern world that requires Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to create accounts, purchase goods online, complete your taxes or receive a paycheck. Your data could become vulnerable through no fault of your own. Data breaches are common, and your account information could get leaked. If your data is intercepted by threat actors, it could be sold to cybercriminals on the dark web.

Welcome to the era of data domination! Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data flood the digital landscape, estimates Forbes, with a whopping 90% of data created in just the last two years. While this growth presents many opportunities for organizations, it also introduces many challenges. That’s where data governance comes in. It’s a critical practice for businesses trying to navigate data management and data security.

Bearer CLI's CI/CD integration with GitLab is a great way to add security scanning to your projects. We've taken things a step further and now support GitLab's SAST security scanner integration directly in GitLab CI for GitLab Ultimate users. This feature is available in Bearer CLI v1.9.0 and later. See our upgrade guide for your platform. Let’s dive into how it works.

In 2023, the EU General Court overruled the European Data Protection Supervisor and ruled that pseudonymized data will not be classified as personal data under the of EU data protection law when transferred to a recipient who is unable to identify individuals. Businesses are now taking a closer look at their data anonymization processes, as well as the opportunities this new ruling may offer when transferring and accessing data across borders..

CircleCI is a platform that enables continuous integration and delivery of software projects. It allows teams to automate their software development process by building, testing, and deploying their code changes in a consistent and reliable manner. In this blog post, we will explore the Tactics/Techniques/Procedures (TTP) of how environment variables that house sensitive credentials and secrets can be exfiltrated using Circle CI.