SANS Security West 2025: SANS@Night - The Past, Present, and Future of Cloud Security at GitHub

GitHub operates one of the world’s largest developer platforms, hosting hundreds of millions of repositories and serving millions of users globally. Securing this cloud infrastructure requires a careful balance between developer agility and robust, scalable security controls. In this talk, we’ll explore how GitHub secures its cloud infrastructure, focusing on protecting the critical resources developers rely on. We’ll dive into the history, evolution, and future of GitHub’s security approach, highlighting the strategies that safeguard the platform powering the world’s software development.