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Executive's Cybersecurity Program Handbook
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How often do your developers store code on their local hard drives? I will bet that if you do not standardize on a VCS or source code repository, your IP is not protected. A VCS is not only meant to store your code; it also allows others within your organization to share and modify the code as needed. This collaboration is a necessity when dealing with large groups of developers all working on the same code base.
There are many different types of VCSs out there to choose from, but one of the most popular is Git. Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, is also the founder of Git. Git allows developers to commit their code to a centralized repository. A repository is a place to store, almost like a backup, code for current or later use.
Git also allows you to pull historical information about the code being committed to the repository. You can see past commits, when they were committed to the repository, who did it, and the logs of each transaction. When...