Security at the Speed of Development: Our New GitHub Marketplace Secrets Detection Plugin
Now on GitHub Marketplace: our new plugin, delivering near real-time secrets detection that protects your code without slowing you down.
We’ve launched our first GitHub Marketplace plugin, delivering near real-time secrets detection directly into developer workflows. In this post, we explain why adoption — not just detection — is the real challenge, and how we're solving it.
Key takeaways:
- Secrets are the #1 breach risk — credential abuse drives more breaches than phishing or vulnerability exploits.
- The cost is rising — $4.88M average breach cost, with secrets-based incidents dragging on for months.
- Adoption is the bottleneck — traditional tools take too long to roll out and often slow teams down.
- Marketplace-first changes the game — our new GitHub plugin makes secrets detection fast, frictionless, and built directly into workflows.
What’s at stake?
Secrets in code aren’t just slip-ups, they’re one of the biggest causes of breaches. API keys, credentials, and tokens are your systems' master keys. Once exposed, they can be harvested within minutes by automated bots and attackers.
And according to Verizon’s 2024 DBIR, exposed credentials account for 22% of all breaches.
The fallout: $4.88M average cost, stalled pipelines, and brand damage that outlasts the breach. Exposure is just part of the problem — the real damage is in detection lag. Traditional scanning happens in 8–24-hour cycles, meaning a secret could sit exposed in a repo all day before anyone notices.
The longer a secret stays exposed, the greater the damage. Speed is everything. But until now, adopting effective secrets detection often meant slow, complex rollouts.
Launching Secrets Detection in GitHub Marketplace
Our new Secrets Detection plugin is built to fix this gap.
By launching directly in the Marketplace, we’re removing one of the biggest barriers to better software code security: adoption. Instead of long procurement cycles and complex rollouts, you can install the plugin in minutes and start protecting your code immediately.
The plugin is designed for how engineers build today. A webhook refresh within 15 minutes of a pull request flags secrets far faster than industry-standard batch scans. In a study comparing multiple real repositories, our tool found nearly 4x more real secrets than Gitleaks and over 12x more than Trufflehog.
Combined with actionable, developer-friendly alerts, it means issues are resolved quickly and without disruption. Developers stay in flow, team leads keep sprints on track, and leaders know their security hygiene is improving in real time.
Yes, this is a product launch. But it’s also a signal of how security should work: fast, embedded, and frictionless.
Why It Matters for You
For Executives: You don’t have to choose between speed and security. We bring safety into your dev pipeline.
→ Reduce breach exposure without slowing delivery. Gain visibility across teams and repos. Demonstrate strong security posture to the board while keeping velocity high.
For Team Leaders: Let your teams write code confidently — secrets issues are caught quickly and with minimal friction.
→ Keep developers productive and focused. Cut down on fire drills, reduce rework, and lead with confidence knowing security isn’t an afterthought.
For Developers: Get instant feedback when credentials slip into code. Fix it fast, stay in flow, and avoid painful rework later.
→ No surprises in production. No midnight fire drills. Just fast, clear feedback inside your existing workflow.
How it Fits Into the Workflow
Our security coverage spans the full development lifecycle. Our CLI tools operate closest to the dev phase, catching issues right as code is written, while our new GitHub Marketplace plugin adds a second layer of protection post-commit.
The CLI offers powerful early detection, though it takes some setup; the plugin installs in minutes and ensures nothing slips through. Together, they make secrets detection both proactive and reliable, without slowing delivery.
Shifting Left: Our Long-term Vision
This rollout is the first step in a broader Marketplace strategy. GitHub comes first because it’s where millions of developers already spend their time. Next, we’ll expand to other Version Control Systems, ensuring the same frictionless adoption across more platforms.
And secrets detection is only the beginning. We’re building towards a marketplace ecosystem of plugins that embed both security and maintainability insights into the software development lifecycle. Over time, insights will become even more real-time, helping teams shift left on security and quality without slowing delivery.
Why Marketplace-first? Because the best security tool is the one developers actually install. By meeting teams where they already work, and removing procurement friction, we’ll help more businesses take control of their code.
Our vision is bold but simple: security and code quality should move at the same speed as development.
Want to see how our secrets detection tool is more accurate than the rest, with fewer false positives? Read more here.
See How Fast Software Code Security Can Be
With our new GitHub Marketplace plugin, secrets detection is no longer slow, noisy, or difficult to adopt. It’s near real-time, frictionless, and built right into the tools developers already use.
If you’re an existing BlueOptima customer getting started is easy:
1. Install the plugin from our Plugin Page on BlueOptima UI → 2. Connect your repos → 3. Set your alert preferences
Not a customer? No problem, talk to our team and we’ll walk you through our platform.
