Maintain a secure repository by using GitHub best practices

  • Module
  • 6 Units
Beginner
DevOps Engineer
Administrator
Developer
Solution Architect
GitHub
Azure

In this module, you'll learn best practices for building, hosting, and maintaining a secure repository on GitHub.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

  • Identify the tools and GitHub features to establish a secure development strategy.
  • Enable vulnerable dependency detection for private repositories.
  • Detect and fix outdated dependencies with security vulnerabilities.
  • Automate the detection of vulnerable dependencies with Dependabot.
  • Add a security policy with a SECURITY.md file.
  • Remove a commit exposing sensitive data in a pull request.
  • Remove historical commits exposing sensitive data deep in your repository.

Prerequisites

  • A GitHub account
  • The ability to navigate and edit files in GitHub

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