Getting started with GitHub security (secret scanning, Dependabot, code scanning, Copilot Autofix)
GitHub walks through the basics of GitHub security for beginners, introducing GitHub Advanced Security features like secret scanning, Dependabot, code scanning, and how Copilot Autofix can help remediate vulnerabilities.
Getting started with GitHub security | GitHub for Beginners
Overview
This episode introduces the basics of securing your code on GitHub and walks through key GitHub security capabilities you can enable on repositories, including:
- Secret scanning
- Dependabot
- Code scanning
- Copilot Autofix
Why security matters
- Securing source code and dependencies helps reduce the risk of vulnerabilities making it into production.
What is GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS)?
- An overview of GitHub Advanced Security and the kinds of built-in security features it provides for repositories.
Dependabot
- Introduction to Dependabot for identifying and addressing vulnerable dependencies.
Secret scanning
- Overview of secret scanning to detect leaked credentials/secrets in repositories.
Code scanning
- Overview of code scanning to identify potential security issues in code.
Fixing vulnerabilities with Copilot Autofix
- Introduction to Copilot Autofix as a way to help remediate detected vulnerabilities.
Video chapters
- 00:00 Introduction
- 00:28 Why does security matter?
- 01:05 What is GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS)?
- 02:36 What is Dependabot?
- 03:37 Fixing vulnerabilities with Copilot Autofix
- 04:37 Outro