Understanding GitGuardian Secrets Security Platform
Introduction to the GitGuardian Secrets Security Platform - Discover all your secrets. Prioritize and remediate leaks at scale. Protect your non-human identities and reduce breach exposure.
GitGuardian
GitGuardian is an end-to-end secrets security platform designed to help software-driven organizations strengthen their Non-Human Identity (NHI) security posture and meet industry compliance standards. As attackers increasingly target NHIs, such as service accounts, service principals, and applications, managing these critical assets has become more complex. NHIs rely on “secrets” like API keys and certificates for authentication, and their rapid proliferation has led to significant secrets sprawl.
GitGuardian’s mission is built on two core pillars: Secrets Security and Secrets Observability, delivering a holistic approach to NHI security.
With Secrets Security, GitGuardian aims to eliminate leaks and sprawl, detecting compromised or misused secrets across both public and internal environments. This foundation of NHI security is strengthened by monitoring for incidents, policy violations, and illegitimate use of secrets.
GitGuardian’s Secrets Detection tackles internal secrets sprawl by identifying sensitive data in source code and developer productivity tools. The platform supports over 420 types of secrets, including API keys, private keys, and database credentials. With a robust policy engine, security teams can enforce rules across major version control systems (VCSs) like GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, and Azure DevOps, as well as tools like Slack, Jira, registries, and more.
To expand visibility beyond internal systems, GitGuardian Public Monitoring scans public GitHub repositories, detecting sensitive information in both organizational and developers' personal repos. This is crucial, as 80% of corporate secrets leaked on public GitHub stem from personal accounts.
Adding another layer of defence, GitGuardian Honeytoken deploys decoy secrets that lure attackers looking for active secrets across your assets. Any unauthorized access attempts will trigger immediate alerts, enabling rapid detection and response during the software development lifecycle.
The second core pillar, Secrets Observability, offers a centralized inventory of secrets, tracking their context and usage. This enables teams to detect high-risk secrets, manage their rotation, and leverage analytics to enhance the overall NHI security posture. Together, Secrets Security and Secrets Observability work symmetrically: one side focuses on detecting compromised secrets, while the other manages legitimate secrets and their lifecycle.
Trusted by over 600,000 developers and recognized as the top security app on GitHub Marketplace, GitGuardian is the choice of leading organizations like Snowflake, ING, BASF and Bouygues Telecom, ensuring robust protection for their sensitive secrets.