Note:
Security configurations and global settings are in beta and subject to change. To provide feedback on these features, see the
feedback discussion
.
After creating and applying a custom security configuration, you may need to edit the enablement settings for that configuration to better secure your repositories. Any changes you make to the enablement settings of a security configuration will automatically populate to all linked repositories.
To determine if your custom security configuration is meeting your security needs, see "
Interpreting security findings on a repository
."
Note:
The GitHub-recommended security configuration is managed by GitHub and cannot be edited. If you would like to customize your security enablement settings, you need to create a custom security configuration. For more information, see "
Creating a custom security configuration
."
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In the upper-right corner of GitHub, select your profile photo, then click
Your organizations
.
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Under your organization name, click
Settings
. If you cannot see the "Settings" tab, select the
dropdown menu, then click
Settings
.
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In the "Security" section of the sidebar, select the
Code security
dropdown menu, then click
Configurations
.
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In the "Code security configurations" section, click the name of the custom security configuration you want to edit.
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Edit the name, description, and enablement settings of your custom security configuration as desired.
Note:
The default security configuration for an organization is only automatically applied to new repositories created in your organization. If a repository is transferred into your organization, you will still need to apply an appropriate security configuration to the repository manually.
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To apply your changes, click
Update configuration
.
