Ref# T2025_33 | Date: Oct 16th 2025

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Develop and test in isolated VMs or containers never use production credentials or store secrets in source code. Keep dev machines network-segmented, use short-lived credentials or a secrets manager for API keys, and snapshot/configure images so compromised dev hosts can be rebuilt quickly. 

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References 

• OWASP Foundation. (n.d.). OWASP DevSecOps Guideline Secrets Management. Retrieved October 15, 2025, from https://owasp.org/www-project-devsecops-guideline/latest/01a-Secrets-Management 

• Microsoft. (2023). Architecture strategies for protecting application secrets. Microsoft Learn. Retrieved October 15, 2025, from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/security/application-secrets