---
title: Keeping secrets secure with secret scanning
shortTitle: Secret scanning
allowTitleToDifferFromFilename: true
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: '*'
  ghae: '*'
  ghec: '*'
topics:
  - Secret scanning
  - Advanced Security
  - Repositories
children:
  - /about-secret-scanning
  - /secret-scanning-partner-program
  - /configuring-secret-scanning-for-your-repositories
  - /defining-custom-patterns-for-secret-scanning
  - /about-the-regular-expression-generator-for-custom-patterns
  - /generating-regular-expressions-for-custom-patterns-with-ai
  - /managing-alerts-from-secret-scanning
  - /secret-scanning-patterns
  - /about-the-detection-of-generic-secrets-with-secret-scanning
  - /enabling-ai-powered-generic-secret-detection
  - /push-protection-for-repositories-and-organizations
  - /push-protection-for-users
  - /pushing-a-branch-blocked-by-push-protection
  - /troubleshooting-secret-scanning
---