Aembit, the workload identity and access management (IAM) company, today announced new capabilities for GitLab designed to reduce the security risks of long-lived personal access tokens (PATs) and other secrets needed to automate software delivery, while making it easier to deploy and manage pipelines.
With the introduction of Credential Lifecycle Management and the availability of Aembit Edge as a native GitLab integration, Aembit replaces static credentials with short-lived, policy-controlled access that is created only when required and revoked automatically. This reduces the risk of misuse while giving development teams a simpler, more reliable way to work inside GitLab.
GitLab is one of the most widely used platforms for building and deploying software, enabling the automation that moves code from development into production.
Its popularity has also made it a frequent target: long-lived credentials and unmanaged service accounts have been exposed in several high-profile breaches, including incidents at Pearson and the Internet Archive, leading to stolen data and costly downtime.
Aembit Credential Lifecycle Management addresses…
