diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b8d130..2eb7d03 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ docker build -t docbot .
 Then run it like this:
 
 ```sh
-docker run -d -p5000:5000 -e GITHUB_TOKEN=<token> --name docbot docbot
+docker run -d -p5000:5000 -e GITHUB_TOKEN=<token> -e GITHUB_SIGN_KEY=<sign_key> --name docbot docbot
 ```
 
 To check that it works try to get `localhost:5000` - it will print the
diff --git a/docbot/app.py b/docbot/app.py
index fe020b7..698f6d0 100644
--- a/docbot/app.py
+++ b/docbot/app.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 from elasticapm.contrib.flask import ElasticAPM
 from prometheus_flask_exporter import PrometheusMetrics
-from flask import Flask, request
+from flask import Flask, Response, request
 
 from .handlers import webhook_handler, list_events_handler
 from .logging_config import LOGGING_CONFIG
+from .utils import is_verified_signature
 
 
 logging.config.dictConfig(LOGGING_CONFIG)
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ def index() -> str:
     labels={'event': lambda: request.headers.get('X-GitHub-Event', None)}
 )
 def webhook() -> str:
+    if not is_verified_signature(
+        request.data,
+        request.headers.get('X-Hub-Signature-256', None)
+    ):
+        return Response(status=403)
     data: dict = request.json
     event: str = request.headers.get('X-GitHub-Event')
     extra = {
diff --git a/docbot/settings.py b/docbot/settings.py
index f3e03ba..827963b 100644
--- a/docbot/settings.py
+++ b/docbot/settings.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import os
 
 token = os.environ.get('GITHUB_TOKEN')
+github_signature = os.environ.get('GITHUB_SIGN_KEY')
 assert token is not None
+assert github_signature is not None
 doc_requests = [' document\r\n', ' document\n']
 bot_name = '@TarantoolBot'
 title_header = 'Title:'
diff --git a/docbot/utils.py b/docbot/utils.py
index c77367d..f13bc36 100644
--- a/docbot/utils.py
+++ b/docbot/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import datetime
+import hashlib
+import hmac
 
 from . import settings
 
@@ -16,3 +18,24 @@ def create_event(author, action, body):
     last_events.append(result)
     if len(last_events) > settings.LAST_EVENTS_SIZE:
         last_events.pop(0)
+
+def is_verified_signature(body, signature):
+    """Verify that the payload was sent from GitHub by validating SHA256.
+    
+    Returns True if the request is authorized, otherwise False.
+    
+    Args:
+        body: original request body to verify
+        signature: header received from GitHub
+    """
+    if not signature:
+        return False
+    hash_object = hmac.new(
+        settings.github_signature.encode('utf-8'),
+        msg=body,
+        digestmod=hashlib.sha256
+    )
+    expected_signature = "sha256=" + hash_object.hexdigest()
+    if not hmac.compare_digest(expected_signature, signature):
+        return False
+    return True