Enabling secret scanning for non-provider patterns

Enabling scanning for non-provider patterns

You can enable scanning for non-provider patterns. Non-provider patterns correspond to secrets such as private keys and they have a higher ratio of false positives.

For more information about non-provider patterns, see "Supported secret scanning patterns."

Enabling detection of non-provider patterns for a repository

1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.

2. Under your repository name, click Settings. If you cannot see the "Settings" tab, select the dropdown menu, then click Settings.

   

3. In the "Security" section of the sidebar, click Code security and analysis.

4. Under Secret scanning, to the right of "Non-provider patterns", click Enable.

Enabling detection of non-provider patterns for an organization

You can enable scanning for non-provider patterns at the organization level by applying a custom security configuration. For more information, see "Creating a custom security configuration."

Further reading

• "Managing alerts from secret scanning"