Prevent Vault Sprawl
Do you know where all your secrets are hiding across the cloud?
Secrets Vault Sprawl Assessment
Secrets live everywhere—across AWS, Azure, GCP, HashiCorp Vault, and even inside pipelines and code. Most organizations underestimate the number of vaults, secrets, and unmanaged credentials they have. This quick health check helps Security and DevOps uncover blind spots in visibility, rotation, and audit readiness. You’ll get tailored feedback immediately—and the option to validate the results with a free secrets scan.
You’re in strong shape—validate and harden
Your program shows centralized visibility, policy-based rotation, and audit-ready evidence. Validate coverage across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Hashi—and confirm there are no shadow paths in pipelines.
Key findings
- Central inventory likely exists; rotation is automated and enforced
- Audit evidence can be produced on demand
- Developer workflows mostly align with policy
Recommended next steps
- Run a free secrets scan to confirm coverage and surface outliers (stale/orphaned secrets, unused stores).
- Export a one-page audit-readiness report (owners, last rotation, usage).
- Schedule quarterly policy-drift checks across AWS/Azure/GCP/Hashi.
You’re close—fix the gaps before they become incidents
You have the basics, but gaps in rotation, visibility, or audit evidence can slow audits and increase risk. A targeted cleanup will raise your posture quickly.
Key findings
- Multiple stores or mixed ownership → policy drift
- Rotation inconsistent across teams/platforms
- Audit evidence exists, but not centralized
- Partial visibility into pipelines/IaC
Recommended next steps
- Run a free secrets scan to build one inventory across AWS/Azure/GCP/Hashi and flag out-of-policy and never-used/orphaned secrets.
- Standardize rotation (≤90 days) and ownership tags; enforce centrally.
- Correlate pipelines with vault inventory to close shadow paths.
- Produce a single audit report to cut prep time.
High risk detected—prioritize remediation now
Signals point to sprawl, inconsistent rotation, weak audit evidence, and low pipeline visibility—often the mix behind stale credentials and audit failures. Start with a rapid baseline.
Key findings
- 4+ (or unknown) vaults; unclear ownership
- Rotation mostly manual or unknown
- No single source of audit truth
- Pipelines/repos not consistently monitored
Recommended next steps
- Run a free secrets scan now to inventory all stores, owners, last rotation, and usage.
- Quarantine & remove orphaned/never-used secrets; enforce rotation for aged credentials.
- Establish central ownership & tagging; consolidate duplicative stores.
- Enable pipeline/repo visibility to stop non-vaulted secrets from entering automation.
