Episode
SE Radio 722: Dwayne McDaniel on the Engineering Challenges of Secrets Management
Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers · May 27, 2026 · 52 min
Dwayne McDaniel , developer advocate at GitGuardian.com , joins host Priyanka Raghavan to talk about the engineering challenges of secrets management. They explore what "secrets" really are in modern systems—far beyond passwords—including API keys, tokens, certificates, and machine identities, and how "secret sprawl" emerges across the SDLC. Drawing on reports from GitGuardian and Verizon, they…