CyberArk emphasizes that as organizations accelerate cloud, DevOps, and automation initiatives, the number of machine identities and secrets like API keys and SSH keys has exploded, creating major security risks. Attackers increasingly target these secrets in both production and development environments, as seen in supply chain breaches. The paper advocates centralized secrets management built on visibility, automation, and collaboration to combat secrets sprawl, enforce least privilege, and integrate with DevOps tools. By automating rotation, auditing, and onboarding, enterprises can secure machine identities, strengthen supply chains, improve efficiency, and simplify compliance.

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