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detecting-aws-credential-exposure-with-trufflehog

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'Scan source code repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration files

When to use

• When integrating secrets detection into CI/CD pipelines to prevent credential commits reaching production
• When performing a security audit of existing repositories for historically committed AWS credentials
• When responding to an AWS GuardDuty alert about credential usage from an unexpected IP or region
• When onboarding repositories from acquired companies or third-party vendors
• When validating that credential rotation processes have removed all references to old access keys

When not to use

• real-time credential monitoring
• managing secrets
• detecting non-credential sensitive data like PII

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