TL;DR
Track deployments, limit access, audit everything.
To monitor GitHub production deployments, enable environment protection rules, enforce manual approvals, and log every deployment event. Make sure only authorized workflows can deploy, use short-lived OIDC tokens instead of secrets, and pull deployment logs via the GitHub API or audit logs to flag unexpected activity.
Once that’s in place, use Sola to make sure it’s actually working. Prompt the AI with a question like “Who can deploy to production and when was the last deployment?”, and build a security app around the real gaps in your GitHub Actions deployment flow. No reverse-engineering workflows – just answers, based on your actual data.
Once that’s in place, use Sola to make sure it’s actually working. Prompt the AI with a question like “Who can deploy to production and when was the last deployment?”, and build a security app around the real gaps in your GitHub Actions deployment flow. No reverse-engineering workflows – just answers, based on your actual data.
Sola apps that could help you
Visit the App GallerySecure GitHub deployments start with visibility
If you’re using GitHub Actions to push to production, you need to know exactly which workflows are doing what, and who has the keys. That means more than just skimming the Actions tab, because the defaults aren’t good enough. You should be auditing:
- Which repositories have deployment permissions
- Which environments are being used (and how they’re configured)
- Who has access to modify workflows and trigger deployments
Start with GitHub’s deployment history, but don’t stop there. You need structured visibility: who ran a deploy, what was deployed, and whether the right guardrails were enforced. Deployment logs won’t tell you if someone quietly disabled branch protection or introduced a rogue workflow file with push access.
This is exactly where Sola’s GitHub Security Posture app comes in. Plug it into your GitHub org and get a clear view of deployment permissions, access levels, and risky configurations—without writing custom scripts or crawling APIs manually. Everything’s mapped, alertable, and customizable.
Best practices for GitHub deployment security
GitHub security is less about luck and more about hardening what’s already there:
- Use OIDC tokens instead of long-lived secrets
- Make environments required for production, with manual approvals and reviewers
- Enable deployment protection rules to gate sensitive workflows
- Lock down the
GITHUB_TOKENwith least privilege
You could script all this, or let Sola show you where you’re exposed and act on it directly from your dashboard.
Secure GitHub deployments start with visibility
In Sola, you can build a custom security app that gives you full visibility into GitHub Actions deployment. Just open your workspace and ask something like:
“Which GitHub repos can deploy to production and who controls that?”.
The app pulls metadata directly from your GitHub org and turns it into a visual, actionable view. From there, you can add alerts, generate reports, and define automated workflows to catch misconfigurations as they happen.
This is also exactly where Sola’s GitHub Security Posture app comes in. Plug it into your GitHub org and get a clear view of deployment permissions, access levels, and risky configurations without writing custom scripts or crawling APIs manually. Everything’s mapped, alerts can be configured, and it’s fully customizable.