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Secret scanning in Azure DevOps with Defender for DevOps
In this blog, I am writing about Defender for DevOps and Microsoft DevOps Security. This blog explains the required steps on how to configure Defender for DevOps to make your code more secure with secret scanning.
What is Defender for DevOps?
Microsoft Defender for DevOps is a new addition…
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