What to do when we have messed up

We will, or someone - not we, will always mess up. So be prepared, both as a individual developers and as teams!

Steps to mitigate a leak

Revoke the exposed secret - THIS IS PRIORITY #1
Depending on risk consequence - considering contacting IT-Security for assistance
- Contact Help Desk at (+47) 51 999 222
Clean the git history
- If the repo is public/internal, consider making it private until the secrets are removed
Potentially inspect logs
Do a retrospective with your team
You can find more info in the Secret Scanning Guidelines