Group user docs on code security into a new "product" (#18196)

content/code-security/secure-coding/about-code-scanning.md

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+---
+title: About code scanning
+intro: 'You can use {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} to find security vulnerabilities and errors in the code for your project on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}.'
+product: '{% data reusables.gated-features.code-scanning %}'
+redirect_from:
+  - /github/finding-security-vulnerabilities-and-errors-in-your-code/about-code-scanning
+versions:
+  free-pro-team: '*'
+  enterprise-server: '>=3.0'
+  github-ae: '*'
+---
+
+{% data reusables.code-scanning.beta %}
+{% data reusables.code-scanning.enterprise-enable-code-scanning %}
+
+### About {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}
+
+{% data reusables.code-scanning.about-code-scanning %}
+
+You can use {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} to find, triage, and prioritize fixes for existing problems in your code. {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning_capc %} also prevents developers from introducing new problems. You can schedule scans for specific days and times, or trigger scans when a specific event occurs in the repository, such as a push.
+
+If {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} finds a potential vulnerability or error in your code, {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} displays an alert in the repository. After you fix the code that triggered the alert, {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} closes the alert. For more information, see "[Managing {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} alerts for your repository](/code-security/secure-coding/managing-code-scanning-alerts-for-your-repository)."
+
+To monitor results from {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} across your repositories or your organization, you can use webhooks and the {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} API. For information about the webhooks for {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}, see 
+"[Webhook events and payloads](/developers/webhooks-and-events/webhook-events-and-payloads#code_scanning_alert)." For information about API endpoints, see  "[{% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning_capc %}](/rest/reference/code-scanning)." 
+
+To get started with {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}, see "[Setting up {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} for a repository](/code-security/secure-coding/setting-up-code-scanning-for-a-repository)."
+
+### About {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %}
+
+You can use {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} with {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %}, a semantic code analysis engine. {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} treats code as data, allowing you to find potential vulnerabilities in your code with greater confidence than traditional static analyzers. 
+
+{% data variables.product.prodname_ql %} is the query language that powers {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %}. {% data variables.product.prodname_ql %} is an object-oriented logic programming language. {% data variables.product.company_short %}, language experts, and security researchers create the queries used for {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}, and the queries are open source. The community maintains and updates the queries to improve analysis and reduce false positives. For more information, see [{% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %}](https://securitylab.github.com/tools/codeql) on the GitHub Security Lab website.
+
+{% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning_capc %} with {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} supports both compiled and interpreted languages, and can find vulnerabilities and errors in code that's written in the supported languages.
+
+{% data reusables.code-scanning.supported-languages %}
+
+You can view and contribute to the queries for {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} in the [`github/codeql`](https://github.com/github/codeql) repository. For more information, see [{% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} queries](https://codeql.github.com/docs/writing-codeql-queries/codeql-queries/) in the {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} documentation.
+
+{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" %}
+
+### About billing for {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}
+
+{% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning_capc %} uses {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}, and each run of a {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} workflow consumes minutes for {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}. For more information, see "[About billing for {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}](/github/setting-up-and-managing-billing-and-payments-on-github/about-billing-for-github-actions)."
+
+{% endif %}
+
+### About third-party code scanning tools
+
+{% data reusables.code-scanning.you-can-upload-third-party-analysis %}
+
+{% data reusables.code-scanning.interoperable-with-tools-that-output-sarif %}
+
+{% data reusables.code-scanning.get-started-uploading-third-party-data %}
+
+### Further reading
+
+{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or currentVersion ver_gt "enterprise-server@2.22" %}
+- "[About securing your repository](/github/administering-a-repository/about-securing-your-repository)"{% endif %}
+- [{% data variables.product.prodname_security %}](https://securitylab.github.com/)
+- [OASIS Static Analysis Results Interchange Format (SARIF) TC](https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=sarif) on the OASIS Committee website