What is the best method to ensure all new code is scanned for vulnerabilities?

To systematically analyze newly introduced source code for security weaknesses, you should configure code scanning. GitHub code scanning can use CodeQL or supported third-party analysis tools and can run automatically when developers push changes or create pull requests. This places vulnerability detection directly into the development workflow rather than depending on manual review. The extended CodeQL query suite broadens the set of queries executed, but it only has an effect after code scanning itself is configured. CODEOWNERS determines who reviews specific paths and does not perform vulnerability analysis. A security policy explains how vulnerabilities should be reported but does not scan source code. Therefore, enabling and properly configuring code scanning is the foundational mechanism for ensuring new code is automatically analyzed.