Changelog Interviews

Securing GitHub


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Jacob DePriest, VP and Deputy Chief Security Officer at GitHub, joins the show this week to talk about securing GitHub. From Artifact Attestations, profile hardening, preventing XZ-like attacks, GitHub Advanced Security, code scanning, improving Dependabot, and more.

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  • Featuring:

    • Jacob DePriest – GitHub, X
    • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
    • Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

    Show Notes:

    • Where does your software (really) come from?
    • Keeping secrets out of public repositories
    • GitHub Advanced Security
    • Dependabot
    • Introducing Artifact Attestations–now in public beta
    • Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
    • 😶‍🌫️ Who in the world is Jia Tan?!
    • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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