GitHub Advanced Security
Find and fix vulnerabilities with ease.
Overview
GitHub Advanced Security is a developer-first application security solution available for GitHub Enterprise. It includes code scanning (SAST) powered by the CodeQL engine, secret scanning, and dependency review. Code scanning analyzes source code to find security vulnerabilities and coding errors, presenting alerts directly within pull requests and repository views to help developers fix issues before they reach production.
✨ Key Features
- Code scanning (SAST) powered by CodeQL
- Secret scanning
- Dependency review (SCA)
- Fully integrated into the GitHub workflow
- Customizable queries with CodeQL
- Automated security fixes (in beta)
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Seamless integration into the native GitHub developer experience.
- Powerful and flexible CodeQL engine for writing custom queries.
- Combines SAST, secret scanning, and SCA in one offering.
Unique Value: Provides a deeply integrated, powerful, and customizable security analysis experience directly within the GitHub platform where developers already work.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Automatically scanning every push to a repository and flagging new vulnerabilities in pull requests.
- Using custom CodeQL queries to search for specific, complex vulnerability patterns.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Organizations that do not use GitHub for their source code management.
🏆 Alternatives
Its primary advantage is the native integration with GitHub, which eliminates the friction of using a third-party tool. The CodeQL engine is also considered more powerful for variant analysis than many pattern-based scanners.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 14-day free trial
Free tier: Free for all public repositories.
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