securityContext + Keeper
Transform credential governance and secrets management into persistent security knowledge
OVERVIEW
Keeper is the enterprise password and secrets management platform that secures credentials, API keys, certificates, and sensitive data across organizations. For security-conscious enterprises -- defense contractors managing access to classified systems, financial institutions protecting customer data, or regulated companies meeting compliance mandates -- Keeper enforces the credential hygiene policies that prevent breaches. The platform captures password rotation compliance, shared credential usage, secrets vault activity, and security audit trails that represent an organization's credential security posture over time.
Context connects to Keeper and indexes the credential governance metadata that informs security operations across your organization. It captures vault structure, policy compliance status, shared folder configurations, user provisioning events, and security audit metadata -- then connects them to security context from your other tools. When a security analyst investigates an incident, Context surfaces credential governance patterns: which teams share credentials, where password rotation policies are not being met, how secrets vault access aligns with Okta identity data, and whether offboarded employees had shared credentials that need rotation.
Critically, Context never indexes actual passwords, secrets, API keys, or credential values from Keeper. The connector operates exclusively on metadata -- policy compliance status, vault structure, sharing configurations, and audit events. Context deploys entirely on your infrastructure, ensuring that even this governance metadata never leaves your security boundary.
KEY CAPABILITIES
Key Capabilities
- 01Credential policy compliance monitoring -- index password rotation status, policy adherence rates, and compliance exceptions to track security hygiene across teams and departments
- 02Vault structure and sharing analysis -- capture shared folder configurations, team vault hierarchies, and credential sharing patterns to identify over-privileged access and shadow sharing
- 03Security audit event indexing -- index login events, vault access patterns, admin actions, and policy changes to build a searchable security audit trail
- 04Cross-tool access correlation -- connect Keeper vault access patterns to Okta identity data, CrowdStrike endpoint signals, and Splunk security events for unified security visibility
- 05Secrets lifecycle tracking -- monitor secrets creation, rotation, and retirement across development and infrastructure teams to enforce secrets hygiene standards
USE CASES
Use Cases
Credential Hygiene Audit for Compliance
A defense contractor preparing for a CMMC assessment needs to demonstrate credential management controls. Context indexes Keeper policy compliance metadata across the organization. The CISO queries 'show me password rotation compliance rates by department and any shared credentials that have not been rotated in 90 days' and receives a comprehensive view of credential hygiene posture with citations linking to specific policy exceptions, enabling targeted remediation before the assessment.
Offboarding Credential Rotation Verification
When a cleared employee leaves, all shared credentials they had access to must be rotated. Context connects Keeper shared folder membership to Gusto or BambooHR termination events. The security team queries 'show me all shared vaults and credentials accessible to recently terminated employees and their rotation status' and immediately identifies credentials that need rotation, eliminating the manual cross-referencing between HR and security systems.
Secrets Sprawl Detection Across Engineering
An engineering organization suspects that API keys and service credentials are being managed outside of Keeper in config files and environment variables. Context correlates Keeper secrets vault inventory with references to credentials found in GitHub repositories, Confluence documentation, and Slack messages. The query 'show me any references to API keys or credentials in connected tools that do not correspond to entries in Keeper vaults' surfaces secrets sprawl that needs to be consolidated into managed vaults.
Incident Response Credential Scoping
During a security incident, the IR team needs to determine which credentials may be compromised based on an affected user's access. Context connects Keeper vault access records to the incident timeline. The query 'show me all shared vaults and credential categories accessible to user X, cross-referenced with their Okta session activity in the last 48 hours' produces a scoped list of credentials that may need emergency rotation.
HOW IT WORKS
How It Works
DATA FLOW
SECURITY & COMPLIANCE
Security & Compliance
SOC 2 Type II
GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001DEPLOYMENT
Deployment Options
DEPLOYMENT ARCHITECTURE
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Context ever access or index actual passwords or secrets from Keeper?
No. Context exclusively indexes metadata -- vault structure, policy compliance status, sharing configurations, user provisioning events, and security audit trails. The connector never requests, accesses, or stores actual password values, API keys, certificates, or any credential content. The service account used for integration does not require decryption permissions.
How does Context help with CMMC and compliance requirements?
Context indexes Keeper policy compliance metadata to provide audit-ready visibility into credential management controls. Security teams can query password rotation compliance rates, shared credential policies, and vault access patterns to demonstrate adherence to CMMC, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other frameworks that require credential management controls.
Can Context detect credentials stored outside of Keeper?
Yes, indirectly. By correlating Keeper vault inventory with content indexed from other connected tools (GitHub repositories, Confluence pages, Slack messages), Context can surface references to credentials that do not correspond to managed entries in Keeper. This helps identify secrets sprawl and shadow credential management.
How does Context connect Keeper data to identity providers like Okta?
Context links Keeper user accounts and vault access patterns to Okta identity records, creating a unified view of credential access and identity governance. This enables queries that correlate vault access with SSO sessions, MFA status, and group membership for comprehensive access reviews.
Does Context support Keeper Secrets Manager for DevOps teams?
Yes. Context can index Keeper Secrets Manager metadata including secrets access patterns, application-to-secret mappings, and rotation events. This provides visibility into how infrastructure and application secrets are managed across development and operations teams without exposing the secret values themselves.
SETUP OVERVIEW
Setup Overview
Install the Context Keeper connector using Helm or deploy it on bare metal. Configure a Keeper service account with read access to vault metadata, policy configurations, and audit events -- no access to credential values is required or requested. Define which metadata types to index: most deployments include vault structure, policy compliance, sharing configurations, and audit events. Optionally scope indexing to specific organizational units or vault hierarchies. Context performs an initial sync of governance metadata, then polls for changes on a configurable interval. Initial indexing typically completes within 30 minutes.
RELATED INTEGRATIONS
Related Integrations
1Password
Connect 1Password to Context and transform access management policies, vault organization knowledge, and credential governance decisions into a searchable enterprise knowledge graph. Built for security teams managing credentials in defense and regulated environments.
HashiCorp Vault
Connect HashiCorp Vault to Context and transform secrets management policies, access audit trails, and operational knowledge into a searchable enterprise knowledge graph. Built for platform teams managing secrets in defense and regulated environments.
Okta
Connect Context to Okta to surface identity governance knowledge from user directories, access policies, and authentication events. On-premise deployment with permission-aware indexing.
CrowdStrike Falcon
Connect CrowdStrike Falcon to Context and transform endpoint detection data, threat intelligence, and incident response knowledge into a searchable enterprise knowledge graph. Built for SOCs operating in defense and critical infrastructure environments.
Splunk
Connect Context to Splunk to surface security intelligence and operational insights from log data, security events, and analytics dashboards. On-premise deployment with permission-aware indexing.
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