Dependency updates
heyGRC and Dependabot
Dependabot and heygrc both work on your pull requests, on different questions. Dependabot is built to keep your dependencies current and to surface published vulnerability advisories so you can take the fix. heygrc looks at a change and asks whether it touches a control in the compliance frameworks you have to meet, and cites the exact clause. They sit next to each other well.
What Dependabot focuses on
- Keeping dependencies current with automated update pull requests.
- Surfacing published security advisories for the packages you use.
- Grouping and scheduling updates so they are manageable.
What heygrc adds alongside it
- Whether holding a dependency back from its fix touches a cyber-hygiene obligation, with the clause cited.NIS 2 cyber hygiene in code→
- Whether a new dependency was pulled in with the verification a supply-chain control expects.NIS 2 supply chain in code→
- The compliance reading of a change, mapped to the framework you are audited on, as the specific control it touches.
Use them together
Let Dependabot keep your dependencies current and flag advisories; let heygrc tell you when a change touches a control.