Secret Detection

When to Use

• Auditing a codebase for accidentally committed credentials
• Before open-sourcing a private repository
• After a developer reports a potential secret leak
• As part of a regular security review cadence
• Setting up pre-commit hooks for secret prevention

Prerequisites

• Access to the repository source code and git history
• Ability to rotate compromised credentials
• Access to a secrets manager or environment variable configuration

Workflow

1. Scan Source Code for Secret Patterns