Maintaining & Sustaining Software Intermediate 9m
Security Best Practices for Your Project
Strengthen your project's future by building trust through essential security practices — from MFA and code scanning to safe dependency management and private vulnerability reporting.
Learning outcomes
- Enable MFA for all privileged contributors
- Integrate code scanning into a development workflow
- Manage open source dependencies safely
- Set up a private vulnerability reporting process
- Prepare a lightweight incident response plan
Prerequisites
GitHub, Open source basics
Cite this lesson
APA
GitHub (2026). Security Best Practices for Your Project. UC OSPO Network. https://opensource.guide/security-best-practices-for-your-project/
BibTeX
@misc{security_best_practices_for_your_project_2026,
author = {{GitHub}},
title = {Security Best Practices for Your Project},
year = {2026},
publisher = {UC OSPO Network},
url = {https://opensource.guide/security-best-practices-for-your-project/}
}