GitHub Fundamentals for Enterprise Security and Automation Training Course

Introduction to GitHub Enterprise

• Overview of GitHub’s capabilities and enterprise-specific features.
• Grasping GitHub security and compliance priorities.
• Setting up enterprise-grade environments.

Security Features and Functionalities

• Configuring repository-level security settings.
• Managing permissions and access controls.
• Defining branch protection rules.
• Applying core security best practices.

Advanced Security Best Practices

• Leveraging Dependabot and CodeQL for security analysis.
• Tracking vulnerabilities and managing patches.
• Enabling secrets scanning and defining security policies.

Advanced Security Tools on GitHub Enterprise

• Configuring SSO and multifactor authentication.
• Reviewing audit trails and activity logs on GitHub.
• Establishing compliance rules.

Creating and Maintaining Workflows

• Introduction to GitHub Actions.
• Building automated workflows.
• Defining triggers and execution conditions.

Consuming Workflows

• Reusing workflows across multiple repositories.
• Monitoring and debugging workflow executions.

Authoring and Maintaining Actions

• Developing custom actions.
• Publishing and sharing actions within the ecosystem.

Managing GitHub Actions for the Enterprise

• Governing the use of GitHub Actions across the organization.
• Configuring execution permissions.
• Monitoring enterprise-wide workflows.

Summary and Next Steps