---
title: Keeping secrets secure with secret scanning
shortTitle: Secret scanning
intro: 'Let {% data variables.product.company_short %} do the hard work of ensuring that tokens, private keys, and other code secrets are not exposed in your repository.'
product: '{% data reusables.gated-features.secret-scanning %}'
redirect_from:
  - /code-security/secret-security
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghes: '>=3.0'
  ghae: '*'
topics:
  - Secret scanning
  - Advanced Security
  - Repositories
children:
  - /about-secret-scanning
  - /configuring-secret-scanning-for-your-repositories
  - /defining-custom-patterns-for-secret-scanning
  - /managing-alerts-from-secret-scanning
---