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GitHub Access Drift Review

Compare approved GitHub organization membership and repository access against observed state. Surface drift as findings and route removals through approval-gated workflows with evidence.

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What this template does

This connector recipe configures the Nuxari GitHub connector to collect organization membership, team assignments, repository access, and outside collaborator records. It compares the collected state against an approved access baseline — either manually defined or imported from an identity system — and surfaces every divergence as a finding. Findings include unauthorized repository access, stale team memberships, outside collaborators with broad write access, and organization members who no longer appear in the identity system.

When to use it

Use this template if your organization uses GitHub for source code and you need continuous visibility into who has access to which repositories. It is especially valuable when your GitHub organization includes outside collaborators, contractors, or service accounts that are difficult to track manually.

How it works

01

Connector configuration

The GitHub connector is configured with the organization name and a GitHub App or fine-grained personal access token scoped to read organization and repository membership.

02

Access collection

Nuxari collects the full access state: organization members, team memberships, repository collaborators, and outside collaborators, for each repository in scope.

03

Baseline comparison

Collected access is compared against the approved baseline. Divergences — unexpected members, excessive permissions, stale access — surface as drift findings.

04

Finding prioritization

Findings are classified by severity. Outside collaborators with admin access or members not found in the identity system receive high severity.

05

Approval-gated remediation

Each finding can be remediated through an approval-gated workflow. Removals are approved before execution, and evidence is captured for each action.

What gets created in your tenant

Connector Recipe

GitHub Organization Connector

A pre-configured connector that collects GitHub organization membership, team, and repository access data.

Findings Pipeline

GitHub Access Drift Findings

A findings queue populated by access drift between the approved baseline and observed GitHub state.

Approval Workflow

GitHub Access Removal Approval

An approval workflow that gates all GitHub access removal actions behind an approver decision.

Evidence Package Template

GitHub Access Review Evidence

Structured evidence records for each access scan, drift finding, approval decision, and removal action.

What evidence it produces

  • GitHub organization membership inventory
  • Repository access snapshot per user and team
  • Drift findings report comparing approved vs. observed access
  • Outside collaborator list with access scope
  • Approval records for each removal action
  • Post-remediation access state confirmation

Safety and approval model

Templates install as Draft / Disabled by default. No actions run until you explicitly enable the template after reviewing the configuration.

This template requires an approval decision before enabling. No execution occurs without a recorded approver sign-off.

This template installs in Draft state. No access collection runs and no findings are generated until you configure the GitHub connector credentials and explicitly enable the recipe. The connector uses read-only permissions for access collection. Removal actions require approval and are executed only after an approver has reviewed and confirmed each action. The connector does not read source code content — it only accesses organization, team, and repository membership metadata.

Customization options

  • Repository scope (all repositories, specific repositories, or topic-based filters)
  • Outside collaborator policy (flag all, flag write/admin only)
  • Identity system correlation (match GitHub users to Entra ID or Okta identities)
  • Approval chain per finding severity
  • Scan frequency (continuous, daily, or weekly)
  • Notification channel for new high-severity findings

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