Every day, security teams face an escalating battle against breaches and ransomware fueled by compromised credentials. Passwords and secrets spread across cloud environments, code repositories, Slack channels, and collaboration tools, exposing organizations to risks they don’t even see coming. The harsh reality? Many of these passwords aren’t just weak—they’ve already been stolen.
The Growing Challenge: Secrets Everywhere, Security Nowhere
Today’s enterprises generate and share secrets at an unprecedented rate. Developers hardcode API keys into apps, admins reuse passwords across critical systems, and business users inadvertently share credentials via messaging platforms or spreadsheets. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, compromised credentials are involved in over 80% of breaches. Yet organizations continue to underestimate the risks posed by passwords and secrets hiding in plain sight.
The Hidden Risk: Already-Compromised Credentials
Most DSPM solutions can identify the existence of secrets, but they fail to identify if those credentials have already been leaked. Organizations using passwords exposed in prior breaches are unknowingly leaving their digital doors wide open. Attackers exploit these overlooked credentials, often leading to catastrophic breaches and ransomware attacks.
Why Current DSPM Solutions Aren’t Enough
Traditional DSPM tools primarily rely on basic pattern-matching and static scanning techniques. They:
- Misses real-world context by failing to identify passwords already known to attackers.
- Lack of effective prioritization, flooding security teams with alerts without clear guidance on what to remediate first.
- Provide no insights into credential reuse or persistent risk across environments.
As a result, these tools only give partial visibility, leaving security teams reactive rather than proactive.
BigID for Stolen Credential Intelligence
BigID is the first and only DSPM platform that integrates intelligence about already-compromised passwords into its secrets scanning capability. By checking discovered secrets against the top 100,000 most commonly pawned passwords, BigID identifies precisely which credentials pose immediate risk.
With BigID, security teams can:
- Identify Known-Leaked Passwords: Quickly pinpoint passwords already exposed on dark web marketplaces.
- Prioritize Real Threats: Automatically highlight the credentials attackers are most likely to exploit.
- Discover Secrets Across All Environments: Scan code repositories, cloud storage, chat applications, and on-premises systems comprehensively.
- Remediate Efficiently: Take immediate action with automated remediation workflows like password deletion, masking, encryption, and rotation.
Outcomes: Reducing Risk, Accelerating Response
Using BigID’s unique stolen credential intelligence, organizations achieve clear and measurable security benefits:
- Significantly reduced attack surface: By eliminating credentials known to attackers, enterprises dramatically lower the likelihood of breach and ransomware.
- Rapid, informed remediation: Security teams save critical time by focusing first on the highest-risk credentials.
- Improved compliance posture: Proactive secrets management aligns seamlessly with security frameworks and regulatory standards.
- Enhanced operational efficiency: Automated workflows streamline the security response, freeing teams for strategic initiatives rather than firefighting.
Take Control: Move Beyond Detection to Proactive Protection
The threat from stolen passwords is already at your doorstep. BigID doesn’t just help you see your secrets—it helps you know which ones attackers already have. Get ahead of breaches by understanding the true risk of your secrets and proactively addressing them.
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