Cloud Security DevOps and SRE

GitLab and GitHub Advanced Security Features

January 11, 2026

GitHub Advanced Security and GitLab Ultimate provide built-in security scanning capabilities including code scanning, secret detection, and dependency review directly in your development workflow.

GitHub Code Scanning

name: CodeQL
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  analyze:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
        with:
          languages: javascript, python
      - uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2

Dependabot

# .github/dependabot.yml
version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: npm
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: daily
    open-pull-requests-limit: 10

GitLab Security Dashboard

include:
  - template: Security/SAST.gitlab-ci.yml
  - template: Security/Secret-Detection.gitlab-ci.yml
  - template: Security/Dependency-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml

These native integrations provide security insights without additional tooling, making it easier to adopt security practices.

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