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This article describes how to view the secrets you have added or that you were granted shared access in Cerby.

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Written by Cerby Team
Updated over a week ago

Who can use this feature?

  • Workspace Owners, Super Admins, Admins, and Users

  • Secret Owners and Collaborators

  • Available to the Cerby Automate and Cerby Protect products. Cerby Protect users must have already set up their trusted devices

All users with shared access to a secret, no matter their workspace role, can view the details of a secret.

Additionally, as mentioned in the article Add a secret, you can configure an identity challenge to view a secret. In this case, all users with shared access, including Owners, must confirm their identity to view a secret.

IMPORTANT: To confirm your identity when accessing through the Cerby web app, you must have installed and logged in to the Cerby mobile application to receive push notifications.

You can view a secret using all of the Cerby client apps:

The following sections describe how to view a secret using each Cerby client app.

View a secret using the Cerby web app

To view a secret using the Cerby web app, you must complete the following steps:

  1. Log in to your corresponding Cerby workspace.

  2. Select the Secrets option from the left navigation drawer. The Secrets view is displayed.

  3. Click the secret card or the View icon from the corresponding secret card. The Secret dialog box is displayed with the content of the secret and the attachments.

    NOTE: If an identity challenge is configured, the Confirm your identity to continue dialog box is displayed, and a push notification is sent to your Cerby mobile app. To confirm your identity, perform the following action:

    1. Click the It’s me! button in the Confirmation Request screen of your Cerby mobile app. The Confirm your identity to continue dialog box closes in the Cerby web app, and the Secret dialog box is displayed with the content of the secret and the attachments.

  4. Click the Done button to close the dialog box after viewing the secret.

View a secret using the Cerby browser extension

To view a secret using the Cerby browser extension, you must complete the following steps:

  1. Open the Cerby browser extension popup.

  2. Log in to your corresponding workspace with the Cerby browser extension.

  3. Activate the Secrets tab. All your saved and shared secrets are displayed.

  4. Click the corresponding secret card. The secret details page is displayed with the content of the secret and the attachments.

    NOTE: If an identity challenge is configured, the Confirm your identity page is displayed, and a push notification is sent to your Cerby mobile app. To confirm your identity, perform the following action:

    1. Click the It’s me! button in the Confirmation Request screen of your Cerby mobile app. The Confirm your identity page closes in the Cerby browser extension, and the secret details page is displayed with the content of the secret and the attachments.

View a secret using the Cerby mobile app

To view a secret using the Cerby web app, you must complete the following steps from the home screen:

  1. Open the Cerby mobile app.

  2. Log in to your corresponding workspace with the Cerby mobile app.

  3. Activate the Secrets tab located at the top of the screen. All your saved and shared secrets are displayed.

  4. Tap the corresponding secret card. The secret details screen is displayed with the content of the secret and the attachments.
    Users with the Owner role can see the members with access to the secret in the Members section.

    NOTE: If an identity challenge is configured, the Cerby mobile app performs a verification in the background and displays the Verifying your identity screen at the bottom. When the verification is complete, the screen closes.

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