Security News > 2023 > October > Securing GitHub Actions for a safer DevOps pipeline

Misconception #1: GitHub Actions security only means using SCA, SAST tools in CI/CD. When people think about GitHub Actions security, their first thought is about adding security tools, like SCA and SAST tools, in the CI/CD pipeline.

GitHub Actions security also extends to securing the CI/CD servers on which GitHub Actions run.

The risk of using third-party Actions from the GitHub Actions marketplace or other public repositories is that this code may be malicious or have a vulnerability that can be used to run arbitrary code in the pipeline.

Actions Runner Controller is a Kubernetes operator that orchestrates GitHub Actions jobs as pods.

One great way to get hands-on experience with GitHub Actions security threats and countermeasures is to explore GitHub Actions Goat, an open-source educational project.

As GitHub Actions adoption is accelerating, I believe there will be a rich ecosystem of first-party and third-party GitHub Actions security solutions.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/10/02/varun-sharma-stepsecurity-github-actions-security/