6 security settings every GitHub maintainer should enable this week

GitHub maintainers often overlook built-in protections that are free and simple to enable. According to Natalie Guevara on the GitHub Blog, six key settings deserve immediate attention—from branch protection to secret scanning. While no configuration makes a project completely unhackable, these settings meaningfully raise the barrier to attack by closing the easy doors. Most take just minutes to enable.

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