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Secret scanning proactively detects and alerts on secrets committed to repositories. It includes push protection, which blocks commits containing specific secrets before they reach the repository.

Enablement Process at the Organization Level (Currently enabled for public repos)

1. Prerequisites
• GitHub Advanced Security must be enabled for the organization.
2. Steps
• Navigate to the Organization > Settings.
• Go

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• to Advanced Security > Security Configuration >

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• Created New security configuration with below enforcement.

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1. Repository-Level Enforcement
• Organization admins can enforce secret scanning via security configurations.

Benefits

• Proactive Protection: Prevents secrets from being pushed to GitHub.
• Automated Alerts: Notifies developers and admins of exposed secrets.
• Compliance Support: Helps meet internal and external security standards.
• Developer-Friendly: Offers bypass options for valid use cases (e.g., test keys).
  
  

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