Four Layers of Preventive Security
Effective prevention requires controls at every layer. Guardrails orchestrates all four for GitHub:
Build
Block non-compliant code before it merges with required status checks and GitHub Actions. Validate pull requests and reject changes that don't meet your standards.
Access
Branch protection rules and repository rulesets block operations at the organization level. Require reviews, restrict force pushes, enforce signed commits.
Config
Repository and organization-level settings that prevent misconfigurations by default. Visibility controls, security features, default branch protections.
Runtime
Continuously monitor and instantly fix misconfigurations that slip through. Auto-remediation runs 24/7 without manual intervention.
Preventive Security capabilities for GitHub:
Visualize Preventive Posture
See what your branch protection rules and organization policies actually do across all repositories. Guardrails translates complex rulesets into plain language and shows inheritance, exceptions, and coverage gaps.
Search for any policy and see which repositories it protects. View the organization hierarchy with policy attachments at a glance.
Benchmark Your Preventive Posture
Understand where prevention gaps exist and which controls would have the biggest impact. Guardrails shows which security objectives lack coverage and recommends the best preventive controls to deploy.
Prioritize by risk reduction potential. See exactly which alerts each control would prevent.
Prevention for Runtime
Continuously monitor and instantly fix misconfigurations that slip through preventive controls. Automated remediation runs 24/7 across all repositories without manual intervention.
From unprotected branches to exposed secrets - runtime prevention catches and fixes drift as it happens.
Simulate Before You Deploy
Test new branch protection rules and organization policies against your actual environment before deployment. See exactly which repositories would be affected and which operations would be blocked.
No surprises. No broken workflows. Validate controls in a safe simulation mode first.
Rollout & Expand
Deploy preventive controls progressively across your organization. Start with non-production repositories, validate behavior, then expand to production with confidence.
Communicate changes to stakeholders, track rollout progress, and ensure consistent policy enforcement across all repositories.
Preventive Security for your cloud platforms:
