diff --git a/src/lib/common/common.h b/src/lib/common/common.h
index 9356e73d3..e085a03e0 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/common.h
+++ b/src/lib/common/common.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum
 namespace deskflow::common {
 
 const auto kCloseEventName = "Global\\DeskflowClose";
+const auto kSendSasEventName = "Global\\DeskflowSendSAS";
 
-}
+} // namespace deskflow::common
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsKeyState.cpp b/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsKeyState.cpp
index f530add0a..958ae9e30 100644
--- a/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsKeyState.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsKeyState.cpp
@@ -760,11 +760,11 @@ bool MSWindowsKeyState::fakeCtrlAltDel()
   // History: It used to be possible to use `PostMessage` to send `MOD_CONTROL | MOD_ALT, VK_DELETE`
   // as a backup but this ability was removed by Microsoft for security in favor of requiring the
   // `SendSAS` event to be used, which makes DoS and social engineering attacks more difficult.
-  HANDLE hEvtSendSas = OpenEvent(EVENT_MODIFY_STATE, FALSE, "Global\\SendSAS");
-  if (hEvtSendSas) {
+  HANDLE hSendSasEvent = OpenEvent(EVENT_MODIFY_STATE, FALSE, deskflow::common::kSendSasEventName);
+  if (hSendSasEvent) {
     LOG_DEBUG("found SendSAS event, simulating ctrl+alt+del");
-    SetEvent(hEvtSendSas);
-    CloseHandle(hEvtSendSas);
+    SetEvent(hSendSasEvent);
+    CloseHandle(hSendSasEvent);
     return true;
   } else {
     LOG_ERR("couldn't find SendSAS event, unable to simulate ctrl+alt+del");
diff --git a/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsWatchdog.cpp b/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsWatchdog.cpp
index 8bae796af..e54b0d20a 100644
--- a/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsWatchdog.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/platform/MSWindowsWatchdog.cpp
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ void MSWindowsWatchdog::sendSas() const
     throw XArch("SendSAS function not initialized");
   }
 
-  HANDLE sendSasEvent = CreateEvent(nullptr, FALSE, FALSE, "Global\\SendSAS");
+  HANDLE sendSasEvent = CreateEvent(nullptr, FALSE, FALSE, deskflow::common::kSendSasEventName);
   if (sendSasEvent == nullptr) {
     LOG_ERR("could not create SendSAS event");
     throw XArch(new XArchEvalWindows());