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The DevOps Threats Unwrapped: over 502 incidents and 955 hours of disruptions in GitHub, GitLab, Atlassian, and Azure DevOps
- The DevOps Threats Unwrapped report by GitProtect.io analyzed 502 incidents in GitHub, GitLab, Atlassian, and Azure DevOps, leading to 955 hours of disruptions.
- 2024 highlighted the severity of security breaches with the Crowdstrike-Microsoft incident resulting in $5.4 billion in damages and impacting 8.5 million Windows devices globally.
- There was a surge in attacks on SaaS applications and DevOps tools in 2024, a trend expected to accelerate in 2025.
- The research focused on flaws, outages, errors, and breaches affecting GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, and Azure DevOps data protection.
- DevOps encountered 502 incidents with 48 at high risk, causing 955 hours of major disruptions, equivalent to 120 business days annually.
- GitHub, Bitbucket, Jira, Azure DevOps, and GitLab had varying numbers of incidents and hours of disruption in 2024.
- Threats to DevOps continuity include hardcoded secrets, unsecured databases, intruders, AI-generated threats, and human errors.
- Top affected industries were Technology, Software, Fintech/Banking, Media, and Entertainment, among others.
- The Shared Responsibility model is crucial for SaaS vendors like GitHub and Microsoft to inform and educate customers about cybersecurity obligations.
- Legislation, compliance requirements, and rising awareness are driving the prioritization of SaaS app backup, with forecasts indicating increased focus on data security in 2025.
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