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CI/CD security and DevSecOps integration
Integrate security controls into development and deployment with understandable blocking and exception rules. The project also protects the software delivery chain itself: accounts, runners, secrets and permissions.
WHEN IT HELPS
A focused response
to a defined need.
Frequent releases without consistent checks, secrets in pipelines, overprivileged runners or security involved only at project completion.
SCOPE & OUTCOMES
What the engagement covers.
Scope
- Repositories
- protected branches
- identities
- runner permissions
- secrets
- code/dependency/image analysis
- approval rules
- artefacts
- environment promotion
- exceptions
Deliverables
- Pipeline architecture
- versioned configurations
- blocking criteria
- exception procedure
- pilot results
- developer guide
- responsibilities and metrics
Acceptance evidence
A test control triggers; secrets are protected; deployment rights are limited; authorised delivery is reproducible; blocking and exceptions are auditable; pipeline runtime is measured.
DELIVERY
How the work is structured.
Approach
Understand architecture; select risks and requirements; integrate or verify controls; test; hand over to teams and plan regression checks.
Prerequisites & responsibilities
Customer: code, architecture, developers, test environment and pipeline access. Provider: expertise and checks; code remediation only when included.
Scope factors
Applications, languages, repositories, dependencies, roles, pipelines, volume and depth. Separate tooling licenses, remediation development and maintenance.
Questions to clarify
Who can change and run a pipeline? Which secrets provide production access? Which defects should block a release and who may approve an exception?
IMPORTANT BOUNDARIES
Installing a scanner alone is not DevSecOps. Rules need maintenance and exceptions must not become permanent bypasses.
Controls apply to agreed versions and scope. No scanner, SBOM or framework alone guarantees the security of delivered software.
IN PRACTICE
Illustrative situations.
These examples describe possible engagements and target outcomes. They are not customer references or achieved results.
Scenario 01
A team releases weekly without dependency checks. Project: add controls gradually and prioritise actionable findings. Target outcome: integrated security without an unmanageable false-positive backlog.
Scenario 02
A pipeline has a global administrator account. Project: separate identities and restrict permissions per environment. Target outcome: a compromised test runner is less likely to expose production, with boundaries verified through tests.
Technology and reference context
Examples: existing CI/CD platforms and secret managers, SAST/SCA and image checks, depending on technologies and licenses.
The final technology set is agreed during scoping, based on interoperability, licensing, access rights and operating requirements.
CONNECTED SERVICES
Build the next step.
These services can complement the engagement. They are not automatically included.
START A CONVERSATION
Make the scope clear.
We will clarify the objective, dependencies and responsibilities of this service before proposing delivery.