About GitHub Advanced Security
GitHub has many features that help you improve and maintain the quality of your code. Some of these are included in all plans, such as dependency graph and Dependabot alerts. Other security features require a GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS).
For information about buying a license for GitHub Advanced Security, see About billing for GitHub Advanced Security.
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If you want to use GitHub Advanced Security with Azure Repos, see GitHub Advanced Security & Azure DevOps in our resources site. For documentation, see Configure GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps in Microsoft Learn.
About Advanced Security features
A GitHub Advanced Security license provides the following additional features:
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Code scanning - Search for potential security vulnerabilities and coding errors in your code using CodeQL or a third-party tool. See About code scanning and About code scanning with CodeQL.
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CodeQL CLI - Run CodeQL processes locally on software projects or to generate code scanning results for upload to GitHub. See About the CodeQL CLI.
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Secret scanning - Detect secrets, for example keys and tokens, that have been checked into the repository. If push protection is enabled, GitHub also detects secrets when they are pushed to your repository. See About secret scanning and About push protection.
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Custom auto-triage rules - Help you manage your Dependabot alerts at scale. With custom auto-triage rules you have control over the alerts you want to ignore, snooze, or trigger a Dependabot security update for. For more information, see About Dependabot alerts and Customizing auto-triage rules to prioritize Dependabot alerts.
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Dependency review - Show the full impact of changes to dependencies and see details of any vulnerable versions before you merge a pull request. See About dependency review.
For information about Advanced Security features that are in development, see GitHub public roadmap. For an overview of all security features, see GitHub security features.
Deploying GitHub Advanced Security in your enterprise
To learn about what you need to know to plan your GitHub Advanced Security deployment at a high level and to review the rollout phases we recommended, see Adopting GitHub Advanced Security at scale.
Enabling Advanced Security features
The site administrator must enable Advanced Security for your GitHub Enterprise Server instance before you can use these features. See Setting up GitHub Advanced Security features on your appliance.
Once your system is set up, you can enable and disable these features at the organization or repository level. See Managing security and analysis settings for your organization and Managing security and analysis settings for your repository.
If you have an enterprise account, license use for the entire enterprise is shown on your enterprise license page. See Viewing your GitHub Advanced Security usage.