A.gitignore file is a great and simple tool we can use to prevent including unwanted files in a git repository. This file can be used to simply ignore files and directories but also be used to create complex rules and partial rules to ignore select files. In this video GitGuardian developer advocate, Mackenzie, runs through exactly how to get started with both a local and a global.gitignore file and shows exactly how the file works. This is designed as an introduction so that you have the knowledge to understand more complex uses for the.gitignore files.

Last year, hardcoded secrets made it 2nd to the OWASP Top 10 Web Application Security Risks. This year, the vulnerability gained a spot and now ranks 15th on the MITRE CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses. Needless to say, no organization wants to have its secrets exposed during software development. But what if I told you security teams could use hardcoded secrets to their advantage? Join me on Wednesday, July 27th, for a live discussion with Eric Fourrier, CTO at GitGuardian, on how to detect compromised developer and DevOps environments with canary tokens.