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Detect leaked secrets, API keys, and tokens

Find leaked credentials, API keys, cloud tokens, and signing keys before attackers do — with validity checks and automated revocation workflows.

The problem

Secrets leak through code, configs, paste sites, and support tickets. A single live token can compromise an entire cloud account or signing pipeline.

Why it matters now

Automated scanners harvest fresh secrets in seconds. Detection must be continuous, branded, and tied to a revocation workflow.

How Verasity™ solves it

Multi-source coverage

Public code, paste sites, forums, package registries, and CI artifact logs.

Validity checks

Confirm live keys safely where supported by the provider.

Revocation workflows

Trigger rotation playbooks across AWS, GCP, Azure, Stripe, and other major providers.

Developer notifications

Targeted alerts to repo owners with remediation steps.

Step-by-step workflow

  1. 1

    Register monitored brands, projects, and known token prefixes.

  2. 2

    Continuous collection from code, paste, and registry sources.

  3. 3

    Pattern, entropy, and validity scoring on every finding.

  4. 4

    Open tickets and run rotation playbooks for live secrets.

  5. 5

    Roll up secret-exposure trends and rotation timing to security leadership.

Example leak

A live Stripe restricted key appears in a public Gist. Verasity™ validates it, opens a P1 ticket, and notifies the on-call engineer to rotate within minutes.

Outcomes you can expect

  • Reduced exposure window on live secrets
  • Lower cloud compromise risk from leaked tokens
  • Defensible audit trail of revocations
  • Improved developer awareness of secret hygiene

Metrics tracked

  • Live secrets detected per month
  • Median time-to-rotation
  • % of secrets rotated within SLA
  • Repeat-offender repos or teams

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