API tokens are at risk of exposure through application logs, browser consoles, source code repositories, and error monitoring tools.
Building a real-time API token leak detection and response system involves scanning log streams, detecting tokens using regex and ML scoring, sending alerts, auto-revoking leaked tokens, maintaining a dashboard, and sending events to various platforms.
The system can be integrated with Slack, Microsoft Teams, SIEM platforms, and other tools for monitoring and responding to token leaks promptly.
Implementing this system using Python can enhance security practices and help in safeguarding organizations against financial and reputational damage from data leaks.