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none Tutorials For assistance with this tutorials page, see https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments-to-other-projects-and-subjects. Dependency and compliance scanning. Tutorials: Secure your application and check compliance

GitLab can check your application for security vulnerabilities and that it meets compliance requirements.

Learn security fundamentals

Start here to understand the security basics at GitLab.

Topic Description Good for beginners
GitLab Security Essentials Learn about the essential security capabilities of GitLab in this self-paced course. {{< icon name="star" >}}
Get started with GitLab application security Follow recommended steps to set up security tools.

Set up basic security detection

Create fundamental scans to identify vulnerabilities.

Topic Description Good for beginners
Set up dependency scanning Learn how to detect vulnerabilities in an application's dependencies. {{< icon name="star" >}}
Scan a Docker container for vulnerabilities Learn how to use container scanning templates to add container scanning to your projects. {{< icon name="star" >}}

Protect against secret exposure

Prevent sensitive data from being committed to your repository.

Topic Description Good for beginners
Protect your project with secret push protection Enable secret push protection in your project. {{< icon name="star" >}}
Remove a secret from your commits Learn how to remove a secret from your commit history. {{< icon name="star" >}}

Implement security policies and governance

Enforce security requirements across your projects.

Topic Description Good for beginners
Set up a scan execution policy Learn how to create a scan execution policy to enforce security scanning of your project. {{< icon name="star" >}}
Set up a pipeline execution policy Learn how to create a pipeline execution policy to enforce security scanning across projects as part of the pipeline. {{< icon name="star" >}}
Set up a merge request approval policy Learn how to configure a merge request approval policy that takes action based on scan results. {{< icon name="star" >}}

Establish compliance and reporting

Meet regulatory requirements and generate compliance documentation.

Topic Description Good for beginners
Generate a software bill of materials with GitLab package registry Learn how to generate an SBOM across all projects in a group. {{< icon name="star" >}}
Export Dependency List in SBOM format Learn how to export an application's dependencies to the CycloneDX SBOM format. {{< icon name="star" >}}