Secure Your Code with GitHub CodeQL and Code Scanning

Software security starts with finding vulnerabilities before they reach production. Static application security testing allows you to automatically analyze your codebase for security flaws as part of your standard development workflow. This text-only course guides you through the fundamentals of code scanning using CodeQL. You will learn how to set up automated scans, interpret security alerts, and write basic custom queries to enforce security standards across your projects. What you'll learn: - Understand the foundational concepts of static analysis and semantic code analysis. - Configure automated CodeQL scanning workflows within your repositories. - Analyze and triage security alerts to identify and resolve critical vulnerabilities. - Customize code scanning settings to optimize analysis times and reduce false positives. - Write basic CodeQL queries to search for specific code patterns and security risks. - Integrate security scanning seamlessly into modern CI/CD development pipelines. You will start with essential security terminology and the mechanics of static analysis before moving on to step-by-step written guides for configuration and query customization. This course is designed for developers, security enthusiasts, and DevOps beginners with no prior security analysis experience. Read through our structured guides and start securing your repositories today.