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Kill Long-Lived Credentials

The takeaway

Short-lived, scoped tokens beat permanent keys an attacker can hoard.

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A permanent API key, once leaked, works forever and everywhere it was scoped. Short-lived tokens scoped to a single purpose mean a leaked credential is a brief, narrow problem rather than a standing invitation.

“Permanent credentials are permanent liabilities.”

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