GitHub repository scan for presence of secret data in code will become available to all

On Thursday Thursday stated The fact that the scanning of repositories for the presence of secret data will become available to everyone. After the introduction of the innovation, any user will receive alerts if the company finds secret data in its source code repositories. The deployment of the service is scheduled for the end of January 2023.

This service will check of the repository for more than 200 well-known formats tokens, and then Warn users about possible leaks. Developers will also be able to create their own secrets search templates.

It is worth noting that such scanning was previously available only to organizations with GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Advanced Security license. -raising-the-bar-bar-software-security-next-Steps-form-github-Com-2fa/”> stated

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