Contextual Secret Scanning
Stop secret leaks before they become breaches by understanding not just where secrets are found, but their true risk and blast radius
The Challenge
Traditional Secret Scanning Falls Short.
Security teams are drowning in secret scanning alerts with no way to prioritize what actually matters.
Finds Everything,
Explains Nothing
Generates thousands of alerts without context
No distinction between active vs. stale secrets
Can't differentiate production from test credentials
Zero visibility into permissions or blast radius
Investigation
Nightmare
Hours spent researching each finding manually
No ownership attribution or contact information
Unable to determine if secrets were already exploited
Teams guess at remediation priority
Operational
Paralysis
Alert fatigue leads to ignoring real threats
90%+ false positive rate in enterprise environments
Security teams become reactive instead of proactive
Real-World Impact
Your scanner finds 500 
keys across 100 
repos.
Which ones are actually active?
Which can access production?
Which were just test keys from three years ago?
Without context, you're either
Investigating everything
impossible
Ignoring everything
dangerous
Introducing Clutch's Contextual Secret Scanning
Clutch doesn't just find secrets — it correlates them back to their source identity to provide complete risk context.
Intelligent Correlation
Automatically ties secrets back to their origin identity
Reveals actual permissions and access scope
Maps complete blast radius instantly
Instant Context
Identity Lineage™ shows who created, owns, and uses each secret
Environment classification (prod/dev/test)
Complete usage timeline and access patterns
Actionable Prioritization
Focus on secrets that actually matter
Automated remediation workflows
Proactive threat detection
Comprehensive Coverage Across Your Entire Environment
Clutch scans everywhere secrets hide — not just code repositories
How Contextual Secret Scanning Works
01
Comprehensive Discovery
Scan across all environments where secrets might be exposed — from code repos to endpoints to cloud storage.
02
Smart Correlation
Our proprietary Identity Lineage™ technology correlates discovered secrets back to their source systems and origin identities.
03
Risk Assessment
Determine live status, permissions, environment, and blast radius for each secret automatically.
04
Intelligent Prioritization
Present findings with complete context, enabling immediate, appropriate response.
Smart Correlation
Automatically matches discovered secrets to their origin systems (AWS, Stripe, Okta, GitHub, etc.) and correlates them with their source identity.
Live Status Detection
Determines if secrets are actually active and being used in real-time, eliminating investigation of stale credentials.
Blast Radius Mapping
Shows exactly what resources, data, and systems each secret can access, enabling accurate risk assessment.
Identity Lineage™
Complete visibility into who created each secret, where it's stored, who's accessed it, and its entire usage timeline.
Usage Timeline
Track secret lifecycle from creation through current usage, including detection of new consumers since exposure.
The Impact: From Alert Fatigue to Actionable Intelligence
Before
>1K
secret scanning alerts monthly
4.5 days
average investigation and remediation time per secret
>90%
false positive rate
Security team are overwhelmed and reactive
After
50
high-priority alerts requiring action
-40%
reduction in remediation time
99%
actionable findings
Security team are proactive and efficient
Integration & Compatibility
Enhance your existing tools — don't replace them
Clutch adds intelligence to your existing secret scanning infrastructure.
Why Context Changes Everything
Traditional secret scanners optimize for recall: find everything, let humans sort it out.
Contextual Secret Scanning optimizes for precision: find what matters, understand its true risk, enable immediate action.
The core differentiator: While other tools tell you a secret exists, only Clutch tells you the complete story — who created it, where it came from, what it can access, and whether it poses real risk to your organization.