GitHub Identity Management: Authentication and Authorization

Securing your development workflow starts with robust identity management and access control. Understanding how to authenticate and authorize users on GitHub is critical for protecting your organization's intellectual property and maintaining compliance. This text-based course guides you through the foundational concepts of user identity management, showing you how to configure secure access and manage permissions effectively. What you'll learn: - Understand the core differences between authentication and authorization in the GitHub ecosystem - Configure multi-factor authentication and secure SSH key access for developers - Implement enterprise single sign-on using SAML and automate user provisioning with SCIM - Manage organization-level permissions, team structures, and repository access roles - Compare and configure GitHub Apps, OAuth Apps, and fine-grained personal access tokens - Audit user access and monitor security logs to ensure continuous compliance You will begin by learning fundamental security concepts and basic user settings before advancing to team-level permissions and enterprise identity federation. This course is designed for system administrators, security teams, and developers who are new to managing GitHub organizations, with no prior administration experience required. Start reading today to build a secure and well-structured collaborative environment for your team.