diff --git a/VisualStudio.gitignore b/VisualStudio.gitignore
index 3ecb13b9..d3d5371b 100644
--- a/VisualStudio.gitignore
+++ b/VisualStudio.gitignore
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ ClientBin/
 *.publishsettings
 orleans.codegen.cs
 
+# Including strong name files can present a security risk 
+# (https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/2483#issue-259490424)
+#*.snk
+
 # Since there are multiple workflows, uncomment next line to ignore bower_components
 # (https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/1529#issuecomment-104372622)
 #bower_components/