docs/content/code-security/securing-your-organization/introduction-to-securing-your-organization-at-scale/about-enabling-security-features-at-scale.md

title, shortTitle, intro, versions, topics

title	shortTitle	intro	versions	topics
About enabling security features at scale	About organization security	You can quickly secure your organization at scale with {% data variables.product.prodname_security_configurations %} and {% data variables.product.prodname_global_settings %}.	feature security-configurations	Advanced Security Organizations Security

About securing your organization

{% data variables.product.company_short %} offers many code security products and features including {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %}, a suite of features designed to protect your organization from vulnerabilities in your code, insecure dependencies, leaked secrets, and more. For more information on {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %}, see AUTOTITLE.

You can easily enable and manage {% data variables.product.company_short %}'s security features throughout your organization with {% data variables.product.prodname_security_configurations %}, which control repository-level security features, and {% data variables.product.prodname_global_settings %}, which control security features at the organization level. We recommend applying {% data variables.product.prodname_security_configurations %} and customizing your {% data variables.product.prodname_global_settings %} to create a system that best meets the security needs of your organization.

About {% data variables.product.prodname_security_configurations %}

{% data reusables.security-configurations.define-security-configurations %}

{% ifversion security-configurations-cloud %}

There are two types of {% data variables.product.prodname_security_configuration %}:

• The {% data variables.product.prodname_github_security_configuration %}. This configuration is a collection of enablement settings created and managed by subject matter experts at {% data variables.product.company_short %}. The {% data variables.product.prodname_github_security_configuration %} is designed to adequately secure any repository, and can easily be applied to all repositories in your organization.
• {% data variables.product.prodname_custom_security_configurations_caps %}. These are configurations you can create and edit yourself, allowing you to choose different enablement settings for groups of repositories with specific security needs.

{% endif %}

{% ifversion security-configurations-ghes-only %}

You can customize {% data variables.product.prodname_security_configurations %}, allowing you to choose different enablement settings for groups of repositories with specific security needs.

You will only ever see enablement settings for features that have been installed on your {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %} instance by an enterprise administrator.

{% endif %}

{% data reusables.code-scanning.custom-security-configuration-enforcement-edge-cases %}

Each repository can only have one {% data variables.product.prodname_security_configuration %} applied to it. {% ifversion security-configurations-cloud %}To find out how you should get started with {% data variables.product.prodname_security_configurations %}, see AUTOTITLE.{% endif %}

{% ifversion security-configurations-api %} You can also create and manage security configurations using the REST API. For more information, see AUTOTITLE. {% endif %}

About {% data variables.product.prodname_global_settings %}

While {% data variables.product.prodname_security_configurations %} determine repository-level security settings, {% data variables.product.prodname_global_settings %} determine your organization-level security settings, which are then inherited by all repositories. With {% data variables.product.prodname_global_settings %}, you can customize how security features analyze your organization{% ifversion ghes < 3.16 %}, as well as grant a team permission to manage security alerts and settings across your organization{% endif %}.

Next steps

{% ifversion security-configurations-cloud %}

To determine which {% data variables.product.prodname_security_configurations %} are right for the repositories in your organization, see AUTOTITLE.

{% elsif security-configurations-ghes-only %}

To get started with creating a {% data variables.product.prodname_security_configuration %} for your organization, see AUTOTITLE.

{% endif %}