Data Security with Environment Variables and Code Modularization.

There is a need to be security cautious about our data and the information we transfer across the internet given the rise in cyberspace vulnerability. In my most recent job, I’ve been utilizing Application Programming Interfaces (API), where users are required to employ authentication keys in order to access data. The user alone has access to the authentication keys, which are very sensitive information. Typically, this data would be used in your code, which would then be published to or saved on a cloud-based version control system like GitHub. Consequently, this raises the query, How can I guarantee the security of this information to avoid public access when using it in code and uploading or storing it in a cloud-based version control system such as GitHub? read more- - https://medium.com/@oludaredolamu/data-security-with-environment-variables-and-code-modularization-4f54aed5f08f