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October 2024

Welcome to the October 2024 release notes! This month’s update introduces powerful new features, integrations, and enhancements across the GitGuardian platform, with a focus on secrets detection, analytics, and streamlined management.

Highlights include:

  • ServiceNow Integration for seamless issue tracking
  • Expanded Secrets Detection Engine with new detectors and updates
  • VSCode Extension launch for enhanced in-IDE security
  • Enhanced tools for Historical Scan Management and User Management

Read on for a detailed breakdown of each new feature and improvement.

October 28, 2024​

platform icon   Platform​

  • ServiceNow Integration: A new issue tracking integration to create ServiceNow issues from GitGuardian incidents. This feature includes:
    • Ability to create a ServiceNow issue directly from a GitGuardian incident.
    • Automated creation of ServiceNow issues for new GitGuardian incidents.
    • Auto-resolve setting to mark incidents as resolved in GitGuardian when closed in ServiceNow.
    • Learn more about ServiceNow Integration

ServiceNow Integration

October 21, 2024​

secrets icon   Secrets Detection​

  • Secrets Detection Engine Upgrade to 2.124.1:
    • New detector:
      • BitBucket App Password: Detects BitBucket App Passwords used for secure access to repositories. Learn more
    • Modified detectors:
      • Generic CLI Option Secret: Detects secrets in CLI options. Learn more
      • MongoDB CLI Credentials: Detects MongoDB credentials in CLI access. Learn more
      • MySQL CLI Credentials: Identifies MySQL credentials in command-line access. Learn more
      • PostgreSQL CLI Credentials: Detects PostgreSQL CLI credentials. Learn more
      • Redis CLI Password: Detects Redis CLI passwords. Learn more

platform icon   Platform​

  • Check Runs: GitHub’s custom properties can now override GitGuardian’s global configuration for check runs, allowing repository and organization-specific customizations. Learn more

  • Historical Scan:

    • New 'Bulk Historical Scans Management' page with filtering, tracking, and insights on scans.
      Historical Scan
    • New source filter for instance management (e.g., production/staging).

  • Members: Added the option to deactivate members instead of deleting them. Learn more

Fixes icon   Fixes​

  • Validity Check: Improved GitLab token validation to prevent incorrect secret validity markings.
  • Perimeter: Fixed inaccurate historical scanning statistics on the perimeter page side panel.

October 17, 2024​

secrets icon   Secrets Detection​

  • Filepath Exclusion: File path exclusions can now be applied to specific repositories, reducing irrelevant incidents and improving incident management. Learn more

October 14, 2024​

platform icon   Platform​

  • Analytics Charts: A new page in the Analytics menu for business users to visualize and understand incidents over time. Useful for tracking progress, measuring performance, and making data-driven decisions. Learn more

October 7, 2024​

secrets icon   Secrets Detection​

  • Secrets Detection Engine Upgrade to 2.122:
    • New Detectors:
      • Atlassian Access Token: Detects tokens for accessing Atlassian services. Learn more
      • Bitbucket Access Token: Identifies Bitbucket tokens for API interactions. Learn more
      • Mistral AI API Key: Detects API keys for Mistral AI. Learn more
  • VSCode Extension: GitGuardian CLI (ggshield) is now available as a VS Code extension, allowing automatic file scans on save with highlighted secrets and remediation messages in the IDE. Learn more

VS Code

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