BreachWatch
User guide for BreachWatch on Keeper's Web Vault & Desktop App.
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User guide for BreachWatch on Keeper's Web Vault & Desktop App.
Last updated
BreachWatch is a powerful, secure add-on feature that monitors the internet and dark web for breached accounts matching records stored within your Keeper Vault. BreachWatch delivers the most in-depth monitoring available to the public with a database of over a billion records while upholding Keeper's state-of-the-art, zero-knowledge security architecture.
BreachWatch alerts you so that you can take immediate action to protect yourself against hackers. Once activated, BreachWatch continuously monitors for compromised credentials and notifies you if any of your records are at risk.
To sign up for BreachWatch from Keeper's Web Vault or mobile app, navigate to the BreachWatch screen and follow the on-screen prompts. You can also purchase BreachWatch directly from the Keeper Security website. After signup, BreachWatch performs a local scan of passwords that are currently stored in your Keeper vault.
Once activated, BreachWatch will prompt the user on their device to Resolve the high risk password by changing it at the affected site and updating the corresponding record in their Keeper vault. If you Ignore the notification, then that record will be skipped on future scans until the password is reset. The user may also do nothing (deferring a response) and leave the risky password unchanged and thus still at risk.
BreachWatch performs unlimited security scans of your passwords on all devices.
Users are automatically alerted to take action if any of the passwords in their vault have been used in a publicly known breach that could leave them vulnerable to a credential stuffing attack, or an account takeover.
BreachWatch continuously monitors for compromised credentials. Tracking over a billion known passwords while continuously adding new information as breaches are discovered on the dark web.
Keeper reports the latest scan date and time as well as tracks the resolution history of every breached password for historical auditing.
To start your BreachWatch scan, click BreachWatch in the left navigation menu, then click Let's Begin > Scan.
BreachWatch will then scan your records and report any risks associated with them. Clicking each record listed will allow you to view the steps needed to Resolve each risk. Resolving the risk requires you to change the password at the affected website. Once you have done that, be sure to update the corresponding record in your Keeper Vault with the same password.
