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Managing people's access to your organization with roles

You can control access to your organizations's settings by giving people organization roles.

Roles in an organization

Organization owners can assign roles to individuals and teams giving them different sets of permissions in the organization.

Using organization roles

Learn how to view organization role permissions and manage organization role assignments.

Permissions of custom organization roles

You can control access to your organization's settings and repositories with custom organization roles.

Permissions of predefined organization roles

Learn about the predefined organization roles and the permissions each role grants in your organization.

Managing custom organization roles

You can create, edit, and assign custom organization roles in an organization's settings.

Maintaining ownership continuity for your organization

Organizations can have more than one organization owner to avoid lapses in ownership.

Managing security managers in your organization

You can give your security experts the least access they need to configure and monitor the use of security features for codebases in your organization.