Honeytoken Adventure: From Beta to Beyond>
– Soujanya Ain
In a keynote titled [“The State of Cybersecurity – Year in Review,”](https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/mandiant-ceo-7-tips-cyber-defense/648917/?ref=blog.gitguardian.com) Mandiant/Google Cloud CEO Kevin Mandia underscored the significance of honeytokens as an indispensable tool for detecting intruders, particularly in scenarios where other security products might fall short.A notable example is [the CircleCI incident](https://blog.gitguardian.com/how-to-secure-your-ci-cd-pipeline/), where attackers accessed a CircleCI engineer’s endpoints.Whether it’s [Source Control Management](https://blog.gitguardian.com/how-to-secure-your-scm-repositories-with-gitguardian-honeytokens/), [Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment](https://blog.gitguardian.com/how-to-add-gitguardian-honeytokens-in-ci-cd-pipelines/), [software artifact registries](https://blog.gitguardian.com/how-to-secure-your-container-registries-with-gitguardians-honeytoken/), [productivity tools](https://blog.gitguardian.com/secure-your-productivity-tools-with-gitguardian-honeytoken/), or even developer laptops, these decoy AWS access keys beckon malicious actors.And speaking of the future, as we transition beyond beta, here’s a sneak peek at what’s in store: – Expanding to [on-prem customers](https://docs.gitguardian.com/self-hosting/home?ref=blog.gitguardian.com): We understand that one size doesn’t fit all.As always, keep a watchful eye on our [release notes](https://docs.gitguardian.com/internal-repositories-monitoring/release-notes?ref=blog.gitguardian.com) and [public roadmap](https://roadmap.gitguardian.com/tabs/11-next?ref=blog.gitguardian.com).For a seamless setup, you can refer to [our step-by-step guide](https://blog.gitguardian.com/how-to-create-and-use-honeytokens-step-by-step/).
Link: https://blog.gitguardian.com/honeytoken-adventure-from-beta-to-beyond/