# Zero-Trust Access for GitHub

DevFeed: [Zero-Trust Access for GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/zero-trust-access-for-github-29987.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/zero-trust-github-access/>)

Author: ben@goteleport.com (Ben Arent)

Published: 2025-02-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Zero Trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zero-trust.md>), [MFA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mfa.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/certificates.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/audit.md>), [Logging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/logging.md>), [okta](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/okta.md>), [Entra ID](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/entra-id.md>)

Tags: [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/certificates.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [idp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/idp.md>), [logging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logging.md>), [mfa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mfa.md>), [okta](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/okta.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terraform.md>), [zero-trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-trust.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains Teleport's approach to securing GitHub repositories with zero-trust access. It describes risks from SSH keys, personal access tokens, and identity-provider compromise, and presents hardware MFA, short-lived certificates, and audit logging as part of a defense-in-depth model.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to secure GitHub repos with zero-trust principles using Teleport's GitHub Proxy Support, hardware MFA, short-lived certificates, and audit logging.