Your source code is your most valuable asset. For software companies creating digital products, protecting that code is the number one priority. A blueprint to your business’s proprietary technology, it’s the foundation of your organization, with all its internals, dependencies, and components. Since organizations compete based on the robustness of their software, source code should be highly guarded. Still, there are numerous incidents of high-profile companies discovering their source code has been leaked.
Whether exposed or stolen, leaked source code may not only give your competitors an edge in developing new products, but also allow hackers to exploit its vulnerabilities. Unauthorized revelation of this code may give bad actors an inside look at important intellectual property and system data, allowing cyber attackers to deceitfully gather confidential user and corporate information via security exploits.