{"id":1225275,"date":"2023-05-10T11:26:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T10:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/github-is-making-your-code-safer-for-everyone-techradar\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T11:26:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T10:26:15","slug":"github-is-making-your-code-safer-for-everyone-techradar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/github-is-making-your-code-safer-for-everyone-techradar\/","title":{"rendered":"GitHub is making your code safer for everyone &#8211; TechRadar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- newscabal uk text -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8162386273903324\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3688094655\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>GitHub\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/github-can-now-tell-you-if-you-ever-leak-any-secrets-in-your-code\">push protection feature<\/a>, introduced as a beta in April 2022, is now generally available, the company has announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The feature makes all code repositories safer by preventing them from leaking sensitive information such as API keys.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>Push protection works by scanning for secrets before \u201cgit push\u201d operations are accepted, the company explained, adding that 69 token types are supported, including API keys, private keys, secret keys, authentication tokens, access tokens, management certificates, and similar.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"github-security-boost\">GitHub security boost<\/h2>\n<p>While some false positives might happen, they should be few and far between.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you are pushing a commit containing a secret, a push protection prompt will appear with information on the secret type, location, and how to remediate the exposure,&#8221; 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