diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5a2d59fa502..113ee609299 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -484,6 +484,31 @@ stop-review-app:
 include:
   - template: Jobs/SAST.gitlab-ci.yml
   - template: Jobs/Dependency-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml
+  - template: Security/Secret-Detection.gitlab-ci.yml
+
+secret_detection:
+  allow_failure: false
+  variables:
+      SECRET_DETECTION_LOG_OPTIONS: origin/${CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME}..HEAD
+      SECRET_DETECTION_REPORT_FILE: "gl-secret-detection-report.json"
+  rules:
+    - if: $SECRET_DETECTION_DISABLED
+      when: never
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH || $CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+  before_script:
+    - apk add --no-cache jq
+  script:
+    - /analyzer run
+    # check if '{ "vulnerabilities": [], ..' is empty in the report file if it exists
+    - |
+      if [ -f "$SECRET_DETECTION_REPORT_FILE" ]; then
+        if [ "$(jq ".vulnerabilities | length" $SECRET_DETECTION_REPORT_FILE)" -gt 0 ]; then
+          echo "Vulnerabilities detected. Please analyze the artifact $SECRET_DETECTION_REPORT_FILE produced by the 'secret-detection' job."
+          exit 80
+        fi
+      else
+        echo "Artifact $SECRET_DETECTION_REPORT_FILE does not exist. The 'secret-detection' job likely didn't create one. Hence, no evaluation can be performed."
+      fi
 
 .container_scan_template:
   interruptible: true
diff --git a/config/application.yml.default b/config/application.yml.default
index 7f73b595df0..00bceb4550f 100644
--- a/config/application.yml.default
+++ b/config/application.yml.default
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ production:
   second_mfa_reminder_enabled: false
   secret_key_base:
   seed_agreements_data: false
+  innocent_key: false
   session_encryption_key:
   skip_encryption_allowed_list: '["urn:gov:gsa:SAML:2.0.profiles:sp:sso:dev", "urn:gov:gsa:SAML:2.0.profiles:sp:sso:int"]'
   state_tracking_enabled: false
diff --git a/test.key b/test.key
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45624a52a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.key
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
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