Secure at every step: Putting DevSecOps into practice with code scanning
Integrating static analysis security testing into the developer workflow is hard. We discuss the challenges and how to overcome them
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Secure at every step: A guide to DevSecOps, shifting left, and GitOps
When developers share the responsibility of security, perform security testing earlier in your development lifecycle, and use Git as a source of truth, you can help your development teams find and remediate security issues faster.
Secure at every step: How GitHub’s dependency graph is generated
GitHub’s dependency graph identifies all upstream dependencies and public downstream dependents of a repository or package by parsing manifest files, so that you can better manage the security and compliance of your dependencies.
GitHub joins the Open Source Security Foundation
We are happy to announce that GitHub is joining the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) as a founding member, alongside Google, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, NCC Group, OWASP Foundation, Red Hat, and others.
Token authentication requirements for API and Git operations
As previously announced, beginning November 13th, 2020, we will no longer accept account passwords when authenticating with the REST API and will require the use of token-based authentication (e.g., a…
How to secure your GitHub organization and enterprise account
Protect your team’s code with secure software development best practices like setting up SAML/SCIM integrations, enforcing policies to avoid code leakage, and more.
Secure at every step: Show your dependencies some love with updates
Keep dependencies up to date, to make sure you can quickly apply a patch when it really matters - when there’s a critical security vulnerability.
Hardening your GitHub Enterprise Server
GitHub stores your source code, releases, and a vast amount of invaluable information in issues and pull requests. While GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), our self hosted solution, provides great security by default, administrators can take additional steps to further harden their appliance. This post will guide you through the most important settings.
Securing your open source dependencies with GitHub dependency insights
GitHub dependency insights helps both developers and security teams manage their open source security with confidence—automatically compiling relevant CVE information, aiding in OSS license compliance, and helping them better understand their OSS dependency versions.
How organizations can tackle securing the world’s code
We all play a role in securing the world’s code. No one company can solve things alone, including GitHub, which is why it is critical to combine the energies of…
Git Credential Manager Core: Building a universal authentication experience
Authentication is a critical component to your daily development. When working in open source, you need to prove that you have rights to update a branch with git push. Additionally…
Looking back on the GitHub Security Lab Capture The Flag: CodeQL and chill
One year ago, the security research team at Semmle launched its first Capture the Flag (CTF), as part of the Hack In The Box (HITB) Amsterdam conference. We wanted to…
Keep all your packages up to date with Dependabot
Keeping your dependencies updated is one of the easiest ways to keep the software you build secure. However, while it’s critically important to keep your dependencies updated, in a recent…
Giving credit for Security Advisories
Saying thanks is now a core part of the Security Advisory workflow.
Git credential helper vulnerability announced (Update)
Learn more about the security vulnerabilities affecting Git 2.26.1 and older.