Managing alerts from secret scanning
Learn how to find, evaluate, and resolve alerts for secrets stored in your repository.
Who can use this feature?
Secret scanning is available for organization-owned repositories, and in beta for user-owned repositories in GitHub Enterprise Server if your enterprise has a license for GitHub Advanced Security. For more information, see "About secret scanning alerts" and "About GitHub Advanced Security."
About secret scanning alerts
Learn about the different types of secret scanning alerts.
Viewing and filtering alerts from secret scanning
Learn how to find and filter secret scanning alerts for your repository.
Evaluating alerts from secret scanning
Learn about additional features that can help you evaluate alerts and prioritize their remediation, such as checking a secret's validity.
Resolving alerts from secret scanning
After reviewing the details of a secret scanning alert, you should fix and then close the alert.
Monitoring alerts from secret scanning
Learn how and when GitHub Enterprise Server will notify you about a secret scanning alert.