docs/content/code-security/security-overview/about-the-security-overview.md

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About the security overview	You can view, filter, and sort security alerts for repositories owned by your organization or team in one place: the Security Overview page.	{% data reusables.gated-features.security-center %}	/code-security/security-overview/exploring-security-alerts	fpt ghes ghae * >3.1 next	how_to	Security overview Advanced Security Alerts Organizations Teams	About security overview

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About the security overview

You can use the security overview for a high-level view of the security status of your organization or to identify problematic repositories that require intervention. At the organization-level, the security overview displays aggregate and repository-specific security information for repositories owned by your organization. At the team-level, the security overview displays repository-specific security information for repositories that the team has admin privileges for. For more information, see "Managing team access to an organization repository."

The security overview indicates whether {% ifversion fpt or ghes > 3.1 %}security{% endif %}{% ifversion ghae-next %}{% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %}{% endif %} features are enabled for repositories owned by your organization and consolidates alerts for each feature.{% ifversion fpt or ghes > 3.1 %} Security features include {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %} features, such as {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} and {% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning %}, as well as {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %}.{% endif %} For more information about {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %} features, see "About {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %}."{% ifversion fpt or ghes > 3.1 %} For more information about {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %}, see "About alerts for vulnerable dependencies."{% endif %}

For more information about securing your code at the repository and organization levels, see "Securing your repository" and "Securing your organization."

In the security overview, you can view, sort, and filter alerts to understand the security risks in your organization and in specific repositories. You can apply multiple filters to focus on areas of interest. For example, you can identify private repositories that have a high number of {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %} or repositories that have no {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} alerts.

For each repository in the security overview, you will see icons for each type of security feature and how many alerts there are of each type. If a security feature is not enabled for a repository, the icon for that feature will be grayed out.

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{% octicon "code-square" aria-label="Code scanning alerts" %}	{% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning_capc %} alerts. For more information, see "About {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}."
{% octicon "key" aria-label="Secret scanning alerts" %}	{% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning_caps %} alerts. For more information, see "About {% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning %}."
{% octicon "hubot" aria-label="Dependabot alerts" %}	{% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %}. For more information, see "About alerts for vulnerable dependencies."
{% octicon "check" aria-label="Check" %}	The security feature is enabled, but does not raise alerts in this repository.
{% octicon "x" aria-label="x" %}	The security feature is not supported in this repository.

By default, archived repositories are excluded from the security overview for an organization. You can apply filters to view archived repositories in the security overview. For more information, see "Filtering the list of alerts."

The security overview displays active alerts raised by security features. If there are no alerts in the security overview for a repository, undetected security vulnerabilities or code errors may still exist.

Viewing the security overview for an organization

Organization owners can view the security overview for an organization.

{% data reusables.organizations.navigate-to-org %} {% data reusables.organizations.security-overview %}

1. To view aggregate information about alert types, click Show more. {% data reusables.organizations.filter-security-overview %}

Viewing the security overview for a team

Members of a team can see the security overview for repositories that the team has admin privileges for.

{% data reusables.profile.access_org %} {% data reusables.user_settings.access_org %} {% data reusables.organizations.specific_team %} {% data reusables.organizations.team-security-overview %} {% data reusables.organizations.filter-security-overview %}

Filtering the list of alerts

Filter by level of risk for repositories

The level of risk for a repository is determined by the number and severity of alerts from security features. If one or more security features are not enabled for a repository, the repository will have an unknown level of risk. If a repository has no risks that are detected by security features, the repository will have a clear level of risk.

Qualifier	Description
risk:high	Display repositories that are at high risk.
risk:medium	Display repositories that are at medium risk.
risk:low	Display repositories that are at low risk.
risk:unknown	Display repositories that are at an unknown level of risk.
risk:clear	Display repositories that have no detected level of risk.

Filter by number of alerts

Qualifier	Description
code-scanning-alerts:n	Display repositories that have n {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} alerts. This qualifier can use &gt and &lt comparison operators.
secret-scanning-alerts:n	Display repositories that have n {% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning %} alerts. This qualifier can use &gt and &lt comparison operators.
dependabot-alerts:n	Display repositories that have n {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %}. This qualifier can use &gt and &lt comparison operators.

Filter by whether security features are enabled

Qualifier	Description
enabled:code-scanning	Display repositories that have {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} enabled.
not-enabled:code-scanning	Display repositories that do not have {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} enabled.
enabled:secret-scanning	Display repositories that have {% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning %} enabled.
not-enabled:secret-scanning	Display repositories that have {% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning %} enabled.
enabled:dependabot-alerts	Display repositories that have {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %} enabled.
not-enabled:dependabot-alerts	Display repositories that do not have {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %} enabled.

Filter by repository type

| Qualifier | Description | | -------- | -------- |{% ifversion fpt or ghes > 3.1 %} | is:public | Display public repositories. |{% endif %} | is:internal | Display internal repositories. | | is:private | Display private repositories. | | archived:true | Display archived repositories. |

Filter by team

Qualifier	Description
team:TEAM-NAME	Displays repositories that TEAM-NAME has admin privileges for.

Filter by topic

Qualifier	Description
topic:TOPIC-NAME	Displays repositories that are classified with TOPIC-NAME.

Sort the list of alerts

Qualifier	Description
sort:risk	Sorts the repositories in your security overview by risk.
sort:repos	Sorts the repositories in your security overview alphabetically by name.
sort:code-scanning-alerts	Sorts the repositories in your security overview by number of {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} alerts.
sort:secret-scanning-alerts	Sorts the repositories in your security overview by number of {% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning %} alerts.
sort:dependabot-alerts	Sorts the repositories in your security overview by number of {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %}.