SSH keys may be the riskiest credentials you’re not thinking about. In today’s DevOps pipelines, GitLab SSH keys silently facilitate critical operations—from pushing code to deploying infrastructure. Just because GitLab SSH keys are unassuming doesn’t mean you should ignore them. Unlike passwords, SSH keys don’t trigger alerts when reused, leaked, or silently exploited. Unfortunately, attackers know this, too. 88% of all web application attacks involved stolen credentials.