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How GitHub secures open source software

Learn how GitHub works in public and behind your firewall to protect you as you use, contribute to, and build on open source software

Published June 2019
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Open source software is everywhere, powering the languages, frameworks, and applications your team uses every day. Recent research has shown that software is now comprised of more than 50 percent open source code. Code available free for everyone to use has changed how software is built— but not without complexity and security concerns. Open source projects can become compromised by outdated libraries and malicious actors, actively trying to subvert them. As you know, these threats expose your organization to additional risk.

In this paper we’ll show how GitHub works in public and behind your firewall to protect you as you use, contribute to, and build on open source software. Download the whitepaper to learn more.