docs/content/code-security/getting-started/securing-your-organization.md

---
title: Securing your organization
intro: 'You can use a number of {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} features to help keep your organization secure.'
permissions: Organization owners can configure organization security settings.
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghes: '>=3.0'
  ghae: '*'
  ghec: '*'
type: how_to
topics:
  - Organizations
  - Dependencies
  - Vulnerabilities
  - Advanced Security
shortTitle: Secure your organization
---

## Introduction
This guide shows you how to configure security features for an organization. Your organization's security needs are unique and you may not need to enable every security feature. For more information, see "[{% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} security features](/code-security/getting-started/github-security-features)."

Some security features are only available {% ifversion fpt or ghec %}for public repositories, and for private repositories owned by organizations with {% else %}if you have {% endif %}an {% data variables.product.prodname_advanced_security %} license. {% data reusables.advanced-security.more-info-ghas %}

## Managing access to your organization

You can use roles to control what actions people can take in your organization. {% if security-managers %}For example, you can assign the security manager role to a team to give them the ability to manage security settings across your organization, as well as read access to all repositories.{% endif %} For more information, see "[Roles in an organization](/organizations/managing-peoples-access-to-your-organization-with-roles/roles-in-an-organization)."

{% ifversion fpt or ghes > 3.0 or ghae-next or ghec %}

## Creating a default security policy

You can create a default security policy that will display in any of your organization's public repositories that do not have their own security policy. For more information, see "[Creating a default community health file](/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/creating-a-default-community-health-file)."

{% endif %}

{% ifversion fpt or ghes > 2.22 or ghae-issue-4864 or ghec %}
## Managing {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %} and the dependency graph

{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}By default, {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} detects vulnerabilities in public repositories and generates {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %} and a dependency graph. You can enable or disable {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %} and the dependency graph for all private repositories owned by your organization.

1. Click your profile photo, then click **Organizations**.
2. Click **Settings** next to your organization.
3. Click **Security & analysis**.
4. Click **Enable all** or **Disable all** next to the feature that you want to manage.
5. Optionally, select **Automatically enable for new repositories**.
{% endif %}

{% data reusables.dependabot.dependabot-alerts-beta %}
{% data reusables.dependabot.dependabot-alerts-dependency-graph-enterprise %}

For more information, see "[About alerts for vulnerable dependencies](/code-security/supply-chain-security/about-alerts-for-vulnerable-dependencies)," "[Exploring the dependencies of a repository](/code-security/supply-chain-security/exploring-the-dependencies-of-a-repository#enabling-and-disabling-the-dependency-graph-for-a-private-repository)," and "[Managing security and analysis settings for your organization](/organizations/keeping-your-organization-secure/managing-security-and-analysis-settings-for-your-organization)."
{% endif %}

{% ifversion fpt or ghes > 3.1 or ghae-issue-4864 or ghec %}

## Managing dependency review

Dependency review lets you visualize dependency changes in pull requests before they are merged into your repositories. 
{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}Dependency review is available in all public repositories. For private and internal repositories you require a license for {% data variables.product.prodname_advanced_security %}. To enable dependency review for an organization, enable the dependency graph and enable {% data variables.product.prodname_advanced_security %}. 
{% elsif ghes or ghae %}Dependency review is available when dependency graph is enabled for {% data variables.product.product_location %} and you enable {% data variables.product.prodname_advanced_security %} for the organization (see below).{% endif %}
For more information, see "[About dependency review](/code-security/supply-chain-security/understanding-your-software-supply-chain/about-dependency-review)."

{% endif %}

{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}
## Managing {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_security_updates %}

For any repository that uses {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %}, you can enable {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_security_updates %} to raise pull requests with security updates when vulnerabilities are detected. You can also enable or disable {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_security_updates %} for all repositories across your organization.

1. Click your profile photo, then click **Organizations**.
2. Click **Settings** next to your organization.
3. Click **Security & analysis**.
4. Click **Enable all** or **Disable all** next to {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_security_updates %}.
5. Optionally, select **Automatically enable for new repositories**. 

For more information, see "[About {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_security_updates %}](/code-security/supply-chain-security/about-dependabot-security-updates)" and "[Managing security and analysis settings for your organization](/organizations/keeping-your-organization-secure/managing-security-and-analysis-settings-for-your-organization)."

## Managing {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_version_updates %}

You can enable {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} to automatically raise pull requests to keep your dependencies up-to-date. For more information, see "[About {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_version_updates %}](/code-security/supply-chain-security/about-dependabot-version-updates)."

To enable {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_version_updates %}, you must create a *dependabot.yml* configuration file. For more information, see "[Enabling and disabling version updates](/code-security/supply-chain-security/enabling-and-disabling-version-updates)."

{% endif %}

{% ifversion fpt or ghes > 2.22 or ghae or ghec %}
## Managing {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %}

{% ifversion fpt or ghes > 2.22 or ghec %}
If your organization has an {% data variables.product.prodname_advanced_security %} license, you can enable or disable {% data variables.product.prodname_advanced_security %} features.
{% elsif ghae %}
You can enable or disable {% data variables.product.prodname_advanced_security %} features.
{% endif %}

1. Click your profile photo, then click **Organizations**.
2. Click **Settings** next to your organization.
3. Click **Security & analysis**.
4. Click **Enable all** or **Disable all** next to {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %}.
5. Optionally, select **Automatically enable for new private repositories**. 

For more information, see "[About {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %}](/github/getting-started-with-github/about-github-advanced-security)" and "[Managing security and analysis settings for your organization](/organizations/keeping-your-organization-secure/managing-security-and-analysis-settings-for-your-organization)."

## Configuring {% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning %}
{% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning_caps %} is available {% ifversion fpt or ghec %}for all public repositories, and for private repositories owned by organizations with {% else %}if you have {% endif %}an {% data variables.product.prodname_advanced_security %} license.

You can enable or disable {% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning %} for all repositories across your organization that have {% data variables.product.prodname_advanced_security %} enabled.

1. Click your profile photo, then click **Organizations**.
2. Click **Settings** next to your organization.
3. Click **Security & analysis**.
4. Click **Enable all** or **Disable all** next to {% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning_caps %} ({% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %} repositories only).
5. Optionally, select **Automatically enable for private repositories added to {% data variables.product.prodname_advanced_security %}**. 

For more information, see "[Managing security and analysis settings for your organization](/organizations/keeping-your-organization-secure/managing-security-and-analysis-settings-for-your-organization)."

{% endif %}

## Next steps
{% ifversion fpt or ghes > 3.1 or ghae-next or ghec %}You can view, filter, and sort security alerts for repositories owned by your organization in the security overview. For more information, see "[About the security overview](/code-security/security-overview/about-the-security-overview)."{% endif %}

You can view and manage alerts from security features to address dependencies and vulnerabilities in your code. For more information, see {% ifversion fpt or ghes > 2.22 or ghec %} "[Viewing and updating vulnerable dependencies in your repository](/code-security/supply-chain-security/viewing-and-updating-vulnerable-dependencies-in-your-repository),"{% endif %} {% ifversion fpt or ghec %}"[Managing pull requests for dependency updates](/code-security/supply-chain-security/managing-pull-requests-for-dependency-updates)," {% endif %}"[Managing {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} for your repository](/code-security/secure-coding/managing-code-scanning-alerts-for-your-repository)," and "[Managing alerts from {% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning %}](/code-security/secret-security/managing-alerts-from-secret-scanning)."

{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}If you have a security vulnerability, you can create a security advisory to privately discuss and fix the vulnerability. For more information, see "[About {% data variables.product.prodname_security_advisories %}](/code-security/security-advisories/about-github-security-advisories)" and "[Creating a security advisory](/code-security/security-advisories/creating-a-security-advisory)."
{% endif %}