Configuring additional secret scanning settings for your enterprise

About additional settings for secret scanning

There are some additional secret scanning settings that cannot be applied to repositories using security configurations, so you must configure these settings separately:

• Configuring a resource link for push protection
• Configuring AI detection to find additional secrets

These additional settings only apply to repositories with both GitHub Advanced Security and secret scanning enabled.

Accessing the additional settings for secret scanning

1. Klicke auf GitHub in der oberen rechten Ecke auf dein Profilfoto.
2. Klicke je nach deiner Umgebung auf Dein Unternehmenoder auf Deine Unternehmen, und klicke dann auf das Unternehmen, das du anzeigen möchtest.
3. Klicken Sie auf der linken Seite der Seite in der Randleiste des Enterprise-Kontos auf Einstellungen.
4. In the left sidebar, click Code security.
5. Scroll down the page to the "Additional settings" section.

Configuring a resource link for push protection

To provide context for developers when secret scanning blocks a commit, you can display a link with more information on why the commit was blocked.

1. Under "Additional settings", to the right of "Resource link for push protection", click .
2. In the text box, type the link to the desired resource, then click .

Configuring AI detection to find additional secrets

Copilot Geheimnisüberprüfung's generische Erkennung von Geheimnissen is an AI-powered expansion of secret scanning that scans and creates alerts for unstructured secrets, such as passwords.

1. Under "Additional settings", to the right of "Use AI detection to find additional secrets", ensure the setting is toggled to "On".

To learn more about generic secrets, see Verantwortungsvolle Erkennung generischer Geheimnisse mit Copilot Geheimnisüberprüfung.