By combining code watermarking with deep scanning capabilities, BigID sets a new standard in code leakage protection. In an era where a single line of exposed proprietary code can create critical vulnerabilities, this level of protection is not just beneficial—it’s essential.

What is a Source Code Leak?

A source code leak is the unauthorized exposure of proprietary code outside of its intended environment. It’s akin to spilling a company’s most closely guarded trade secrets into the public domain. This can occur through accidental exposure to public repositories or large language models (LLMs), malicious hacking, or even inadvertent employee actions.

The Challenge of Detecting Leaked Code in Public Repositories

The sheer volume of data makes scanning millions of code repositories nearly impossible. Traditional tools struggle with this scale, as they must sift through countless files, repositories, and lines of code to spot potential leaks—a process that is time-consuming, resource-intensive, and often ineffective.

BigID takes a smarter approach–leveraging the native search indexes of platforms like GitHub and GitLab. By tapping into these existing indexes, BigID can quickly identify potential code leaks and perform a more targeted, in-depth scan of the identified repositories, ensuring that no sensitive code slips through the cracks.

Safeguard Your Sensitive Data

What is Code Watermarking and Why is it Important?

Code watermarking is a security technique to identify and track the origin, ownership, and movement of unique code fragments. This process is crucial for protecting sensitive intellectual property, source code, and other high-value digital assets from leakage in public repositories.

With code watermarking, BigID is the only DSPM solution that enhances DLP by monitoring how and where source code moves across the enterprise, detecting any unauthorized exposure from public repositories. By tracing the journey of sensitive code, BigID enables you to detect potential data leaks early, swiftly mitigate risks, and prevent further exposure.

BigID for Code Leakage Protection

Using BigID, you can track unique source code fragments to detect exfiltration and leaks, delete critical secrets like passwords, keys, and tokens, or find and remediate regulatory-violating sensitive data like PII.

Powerful Discovery and Classification

BigID does deep scans across multiple code repositories like GitHub and GitLab to detect any instances of potentially leaked code.

Identify sensitive or valuable code fragments within their repositories using custom and compound classifiers. This includes classifiers that help pinpoint secrets, API keys, passwords, and other sensitive credentials that may be inadvertently included in the code. Train and fine-tune AI, ML, and NLP-based classifiers to accurately find and track source code watermarkings, at enterprise-scale.

Advanced Detection and Monitoring

Identify and flag for potential breaches of code IP. When scanning repositories or monitoring data movement, BigID quickly identifies unique source code fragments, even if they’ve been slightly modified or moved into larger code bases. Utilize advanced ML and trainable NLP-based data classification for exceptional accuracy and scalability.

Strengthened Policy Enforcement

Define custom and out-of-box policies based on specific classifiers to monitor the movement and usage of unique code fragments, allowing for more granular control over your most critical code assets. Trigger alerts when policies are violated and subsequently kick off the appropriate remediation actions according to business or regulatory requirements.

Proactive Remediation and Reporting

When detecting a policy violation involving unique snippets of code, BigID takes action by triggering automated remediation workflows, including ticket creation with context and support for custom remediation through API integrations. Remediate data your way – centralized, or decentralized across your data security stack.

Upon detecting suspicious activity, BigID generates detailed reports that highlight the specific code fragments and the context of their potential exposure.

Benefits and Outcomes

BigID safeguards code from leakage exposure, giving your organization:

  • Increased Compliance and Visibility: Gain detailed insights into the movement and usage of sensitive code across the enterprise, ensuring compliance with security policies and regulatory requirements.
  • Strengthen Existing DLP: BigID’s code watermarking extends DLP capabilities allowing you to monitor and prevent unauthorized access or leakage of sensitive code.
  • Make AI Data Safer: Protect proprietary source code used in AI/ML models, securing the integrity and confidentiality of your AI assets, including training data and algorithms.

Interested in safeguarding your code in public repositories from exposure? Schedule a 1:1 Demo with one of our data experts today!