diff --git a/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml b/.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
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+name: "CodeQL config"
+
+paths-ignore: 
+  - test/**
+
+queries:
+  - name: Security and quality internal queries
+    uses: security-and-quality
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
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+name: CodeQL Analysis
+
+on:
+  push:
+    # ignore dependabot branches on push -> https://github.com/microsoft/binskim/issues/425#issuecomment-893373709
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'dependabot/**'
+  pull_request:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+        with:
+          languages: javascript
+          config-file: ./.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
+
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
+
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