testing-for-sensitive-data-exposure
Installation
SKILL.md
Testing for Sensitive Data Exposure
When to Use
- During authorized penetration tests when assessing data protection controls
- When evaluating applications for GDPR, PCI DSS, HIPAA, or other data protection compliance
- For identifying leaked API keys, credentials, tokens, and secrets in application responses
- When testing whether sensitive data is properly encrypted in transit and at rest
- During security assessments of APIs that handle PII, financial data, or health records
Prerequisites
- Authorization: Written penetration testing agreement with data handling scope
- Burp Suite Professional: For intercepting and analyzing responses for sensitive data
- trufflehog: Secret scanning tool (
pip install trufflehog) - gitleaks: Git repository secret scanner (
go install github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/v8@latest) - curl/httpie: For manual endpoint testing
- Browser DevTools: For examining local storage, session storage, and cached data
- testssl.sh: TLS configuration testing tool
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