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Security teams need visibility and context to harden GitHub Enterprise access and posture

In 2024, an overprivileged and poorly managed GitHub token gave attackers wide access to private repositories and source code belonging to the New York Times.

Obsidian delivers defense in depth for GitHub, removing posture-related risk to your organization.

81%

of organizations have sensitive SaaS data exposed

Obsidian Network Data

12%

of breaches are caused by cloud misconfigurations

IBM

5K+

NYT repositories exposed from stolen GitHub tokens

NYT

GitHub pipelines, tokens, and secrets need continuous security oversight

Zero Trust wasn’t built to manage third-party SaaS risks like GitHub access, token sprawl, or app-level security controls.

  • Overprivileged Personal Access Tokens and users often go unnoticed
  • No easy way to track who has access to which repositories 
  • Teams lack visibility into organization-wide posture and drift
Obsidian UI listing GitHub personal access tokens with admin permissions, showing token owners, access levels, and token types across multiple organizations.
Obsidian Security dashboard displaying GitHub SaaS posture issues, including unrestricted org-level secrets and lack of secret scanning across repositories.

Monitor GitHub SaaS posture, automate token cleanup, and secure repositories

  • Restrict org-level secrets to approved repositories to prevent accidental exposure
  • Identify and monitor Personal Access Tokens (PATs) with excessive privileges or no expiration across all orgs
  • Automate workflows to monitor and manage risk for repos without secrets scanning enabled
  • Remove inactive or expired PATs with privileged roles

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