Discover how to protect your source code with Continuous Identity by connecting GitHub to your existing stack—Okta, Jira, and device management—so developers get just-in-time access tied to actual work, not standing permissions.
Every engineer knows GitHub is more than a version control system. It’s where business logic lives, where production code is shaped, and where risks can quietly snowball into breaches.
That makes GitHub a crown jewel for attackers. But unfortunately, most organizations still treat it like just another SaaS app.
In most environments:
And despite the IAM stack you’ve built—Okta for identity, Jira or ServiceNow for tickets, Jamf or Kandji for device posture—you’re still left trying to duct-tape these tools together into something that resembles modern access control.
That’s the gap SGNL was built to close.
SGNL brings Continuous Identity to GitHub. That means:
No standing roles. No “set and forget” permissions. Just access that reflects what’s actually happening—who’s doing what, why, and with what risk.
We just published a new Deployment Guide for GitHub to show what it looks like to protect your code with SGNL. It’s not a training manual. It’s not just a glossy use case.
It’s a 25,000-foot view of how to make this work, based on real deployments.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
If you’re ready to go deeper, the guide links out to our product documentation for step-by-step configuration help.
One heads-up: to protect GitHub, you’ll also want to ingest it as a System of Record. That lets SGNL pull in org structures, user roles, and repo ownership so policies can reflect the way your teams actually work.
We’ve got you covered there too. Here’s how to ingest GitHub data as a System of Record.
At SGNL, we talk a lot about replacing roles with reason. With GitHub, that means:
Continuous Identity isn’t just about control, it’s about confidence. Confidence that your source code is protected, that your audits are clean, and that you’re not trading velocity for visibility.
Start here → Read the GitHub Deployment Guide
Or get in touch to see how it works in your environment.
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