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Guides:How to govern developer secrets and AI-agent credentials without breaking your pipeline

Learn how to find exposed credentials and secure them at runtime without slowing delivery.
How to govern developer secrets and AI-agent credentials without breaking your pipeline

Developer secrets and AI-agent credentials may look like distinct governance problems, but managing them separately leaves gaps in administrators’ visibility and control. Both require a shared secrets management framework.

This guide covers:

  • What a governance framework that works at human and machine speed looks like

  • How to discover exposed credentials, bring them under governance, and securely deliver them at runtime without disrupting workflows

  • How secure secrets management becomes the foundation for governing AI agents

With 1Password, we eliminated plaintext passwords in code. Developers now use secure references, which has been revolutionary for them."

— Nimesh Kotecha, Group Head of End User Services at Oracle Red Bull Racing

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