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...Among its components, there are scripts like Invoke-Runas (to launch processes under alternate credentials via CreateProcessWithLogonW), Invoke-CreateProcess (to spawn processes with fine control over flags, window state, etc.), Detect-Debug (to detect kernel or user mode debugging environments), Get-Handles (to enumerate handles in a process via NtQuerySystemInformation), Get-TokenPrivs (to inspect privileges on process tokens), Get-Exports (to parse DLL exports without loading DLLs), Masquerade-PEB (to alter the PEB of a process to appear as a different process), and UAC-TokenMagic (a method to bypass UAC via token manipulation).

...Teams often deploy it as part of their developer toolchain to enforce a security guardrail: you catch leaks early rather than discovering them later. It is also often used in CI pipelines or continuous code quality checks to detect in-flight vulnerabilities. While git-secrets is not a full secrets management system, it plays a key role in defense-in-depth by preventing accidental exposure in source.