How to detect software supply chain attacks with Honeytokens?

Can Honeytokens be used in your supply chain security? Turns out we can! We spoke to Mackenzie Jackson ( @advocatemack ) from @GitGuardian about the benefits of using Honeytokens, which organisations can benefit from them and whats involved in deploying them and next steps once they are triggered.

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Spotify TimeStamp for Interview Question

(00:00) Introduction (02:01) A bit about Mackenzie Jackson (02:37) What are Honeytokens? (03:35) Traditional threat detection (05:29) Honeytoken in action (07:02) Deployments for Honeytokens (09:46) Role of Honeytoken in Supply Chain (11:02) Deploying and managing Honeytokens (13:12) Incident response with Honeytokens (15:01) What companies should use Honeytokens? (16:05) What if the key is deleted !

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See you at the next episode!