GitHub Advanced Security focuses on code level vulnerabilities inside the GitHub ecosystem. Gardera is an end to end product security platform covering code, dependencies, supply chain, and cloud across every source control system, with automated remediation, ownership attribution, and SLAs from a single overview.
01 / Breadth
Platform coverage
What each vendor scans, and what they don't.
Gardera
●SAST (code scanning)
●Dependency / SCA
●Secrets
●Infrastructure as Code
●Container scanning
●Cloud Security PostureAWS · Azure · GCP
●Supply chain attacksGardWatch
●Autonomous AI pentestGardStrike
●SBOMs
●License compliance
GitHub Advanced Security
●SAST (code scanning)CodeQL
●Dependency / SCADependabot
●Secrets
○Infrastructure as CodeNot supported
○Container scanningNot supported
○Cloud Security PostureNot supported
○Supply chain attacksNot supported
○Autonomous AI pentestNot supported
●SBOMsDependency graph
◐License compliancePartial
02 / Signal
Analysis & finding quality
How findings are produced, validated, and made auditable.
Gardera
●Full repo scanningContinuous
●PR scansCode + Dependencies + IaC + Secrets
●Auto triage / FP suppressionAutomated
●SARIF interopFull support
●Reproducible scansAuditable
●CWE + CVE mapping
GitHub Advanced Security
●Full repo scanningScheduled / triggered
●PR scansCode + Dependencies + Secrets
◐Auto triage / FP suppressionManual dismissals
●SARIF interopNative
●Reproducible scansDeterministic queries
●CWE + CVE mapping
03 / Workflow
Remediation & developer surface
How findings become fixes, and where they meet the developer.
Gardera
●Setup & configurationFully automatic
●Scheduled / continuous
●Slack / Teams / Jira / LinearNative
●PR policy & merge gatesPolicy driven
●Source control supportGitHub · GitLab · Azure DevOps
●Custom rules & policiesDeterministic
●Exemption managementApproval flow
●AI generated fix PRsAuto PRs to SCM
●IDE supportVS Code · Cursor · JB
●Ownership attributionAutomated
GitHub Advanced Security
◐Setup & configurationPer repo YAML config
●Scheduled / continuous
○Slack / Teams / Jira / LinearNot supported
◐PR policy & merge gatesManual review
◐Source control supportGitHub only
●Custom rules & policiesCodeQL packs
◐Exemption managementPartial
◐AI generated fix PRsCopilot Autofix
◐IDE supportVS Code only
○Ownership attributionNot supported
04 / Governance
Reporting, compliance & economics
What the security team can hand to auditors, finance, and procurement.
Gardera
●Dashboard & triageBuilt in
●PricingFixed pricing
●Workflow automationRules engine
●Predictable scan durationBounded
●SLA, coverage, riskNative reports
GitHub Advanced Security
◐Dashboard & triagePer repo, limited overview
●PricingPer committer
○Workflow automationNot supported
●Predictable scan durationCI bounded
○SLA, coverage, riskNot supported
Why Gardera
The platform layer GitHub Advanced Security doesn't cover
Gardera is not a code scanning add on. It is a product security platform: code, cloud, pentesting, and vulnerability management orchestration in one place, across every SCM.
Reachability that prioritizes real risk
Cut through CVE noise. Gardera traces public entry points down to vulnerable code and packages, so teams fix what an attacker can actually exploit first.
Full platform, one Threat Graph
SAST, SCA, secrets, IaC, containers, CSPM (AWS / Azure / GCP), SBOMs, license compliance, and runtime, unified. GitHub Advanced Security is code only and locked to one SCM.
GardStrike: autonomous pentest
An AI attacker with full context of your stack. Discovers, exploits, and verifies real vulnerabilities at runtime in hours, then ships the fix.
GardWatch: install time malware
Blocks typosquats and malicious packages before they enter your repo or your agent's working directory. Dependabot only knows about disclosed CVEs.
Operational by design
Findings get owners, SLAs, and routes to the right team. Exemption approvals and a workflow rules engine keep security enforced, not advisory.
SCM agnostic
GitHub, GitLab, and Azure DevOps under one platform. Gardera works wherever your code lives, with one dashboard, one set of policies, one source of truth.
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