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Secret security

Learn about secret scanning patterns, risk report CSV contents, and GitHub secrets.

Understanding GitHub secret types

Learn about the usage, scope, and access permissions for GitHub secrets.

Supported secret scanning patterns

Lists of supported secrets and the partners that GitHub works with to prevent fraudulent use of secrets that were committed accidentally.

Contents of the secret risk assessment report CSV

Understand the data included in the CSV export of the secret risk assessment report.