Security & DevSecOps
Practical
By Samson Tanimawo, PhD
Published Feb 6, 2026
4 min read
Secret Leak Detection
Secrets leak in code, logs, configs. The detection.
Repo scanning
GitHub secret scanning. trufflehog. gitleaks.
Catches commits.
Log scanning
Periodic scan of logs for secret patterns.
Catches accidental logging.
Respond
Found leak: rotate immediately. Investigate.
Don't just delete the leak.