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Hide Your Keys (Your Secrets Manager Doesn't)

Part of Secure Your AI Agents

45 min
Jul 28, 2026 2:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)

In this video

What you'll learn

Where your credentials live

Trace one credential from vault to agent. Does your agent hold the live key or does something else?

Your agent's scope

Evaluate what your key can actually do and how many agents share it. Would you give a day-one hire that level of access?

Credential Exposure Map

Map one agent's full credential chain: location, scope, sharing, exposure level. Gain access to exposure mapping tool.

Why this topic matters

You did the right thing: you moved your keys into a secrets manager. Then your coding assistant read your .env and printed a live key straight into the chat, despite the rule telling it not to. "Your manager solved a real problem- it got the key out of your code. What it did not do is get the key out of your agent. At runtime, your agent is still holding it. We'll also show you the latest tools.

You'll learn from

Jess Stahl, DBH

Jess Stahl, DBH

Founder/CEO @ Secure AI Lab. AI Governance, Risk, & Compliance Expert

Curtis Mitchell (CISSP, CIPT)

Curtis Mitchell (CISSP, CIPT)

Privacy Engineer & Security Expert

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