Thales’ infographic on Addressing the Threat of Secrets Sprawl highlights how the exponential growth of secrets across applications and machines increases organizational risk. According to the visual on page 1, 62% of companies don’t know how many secrets they hold, while 61% of breaches involve hacked credentials. Developer secrets on GitHub remained exposed for an average of 350 days. The infographic lists ten steps to regain control, including centralizing secret management, applying role-based access, rotating secrets regularly, encrypting data, auditing usage, implementing MFA, and establishing lifecycle and policy reviews. These practices help reduce exposure and strengthen data protection.

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