🔒 Enhanced Security without Code Scanning

✅ Dependabot Configuration:
- Automated dependency updates (weekly)
- Security vulnerability alerts
- GitHub Actions updates
- Automatic PR creation for updates

✅ Enhanced Trivy Scanning:
- Added secret scanning (credentials detection)
- Added configuration scanning (misconfigurations)
- Comprehensive security coverage

✅ Updated Security Policy:
- Added Dependabot to security features
- Added secret and configuration scanning
- Professional security documentation

�� Alternative to Code Scanning:
- Dependabot for dependency security
- Trivy for comprehensive scanning
- No GitHub Advanced Security needed

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Enable version updates for npm
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    reviewers:
+      - "denshooter"
+    assignees:
+      - "denshooter"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore"
+      include: "scope"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "security"
+
+  # Enable version updates for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "denshooter"
+    assignees:
+      - "denshooter"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore"
+      include: "scope"
+    labels:
+      - "github-actions"
+      - "security"

.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           format: 'sarif'
           output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
           skip-version-check: true
+          scanners: 'vuln,secret,config'
 
       - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
         uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3

SECURITY.md

@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ This portfolio project follows semantic versioning and maintains security update
 This portfolio includes the following security measures:
 
 - **Dependency Scanning**: Automated vulnerability scanning with Trivy
+- **Dependabot**: Automated dependency updates and security alerts
 - **Code Quality**: ESLint and TypeScript for secure code practices
 - **Authentication**: Basic Auth protection for admin routes
 - **Environment Security**: Sensitive data stored in environment variables
 - **HTTPS Only**: All production traffic encrypted
 - **Input Validation**: All user inputs are validated and sanitized
+- **Secret Scanning**: Trivy scans for exposed secrets and credentials
+- **Configuration Scanning**: Security misconfigurations detection
 
 ## Reporting a Vulnerability