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Add Makefile with security scanning and enhance key management policies#3

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Copilot AI commented Feb 21, 2026

Implements automated security tooling and comprehensive key management guidelines to prevent credential leaks in the repository.

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Makefile

New automation targets for repository maintenance and security:

  • check-secrets - Scans for private keys, API tokens, credentials (fails on private keys)
  • check-tokens - Detects GitHub tokens (pattern: gh[ps]_[a-zA-Z0-9]{36,})
  • check-perms - Validates file permissions and executable flags
  • validate - Repository structure verification
  • lint - Markdown linting via markdownlint-cli
  • apply-rulesets - Instructions for GitHub ruleset deployment

POLICY.md

Expanded Security Policy section with key management practices:

  • Protected information types taxonomy (private keys, API keys, credentials, configs)
  • Safe practices: environment variables, template files, pre-commit hooks
  • Emergency response procedures for leaked secrets
  • Integration points with existing CI/CD security scanning

README.md

Added Development Tools section documenting Makefile usage and security features.

Usage

# Before committing
make check-secrets

# Full validation
make test

Security Infrastructure

  • Validates existing .gitignore patterns (comprehensive coverage)
  • Verifies GitHub rulesets align with security best practices
  • Integrates with .github/workflows/security.yml scanning
  • Pattern excludes self-references (POLICY.md, security-patterns.yml)

✨ Let Copilot coding agent set things up for you — coding agent works faster and does higher quality work when set up for your repo.

Co-authored-by: Kushmanmb <193178375+Kushmanmb@users.noreply.github.com>
@Kushmanmb Yaketh (Kushmanmb) marked this pull request as ready for review February 21, 2026 05:32
Co-authored-by: Kushmanmb <193178375+Kushmanmb@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Update README and create policy.md for ruleset management Add Makefile with security scanning and enhance key management policies Feb 21, 2026
@Kushmanmb Yaketh (Kushmanmb) merged commit e515e2d into master Feb 21, 2026
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