DevSecOps Pipeline

This roadmap shows how to build security into a CI/CD pipeline so every change is checked automatically — without slowing developers down. You need Git and basic CI experience.

• Have a Git repository with a simple CI pipeline
• Know basic Docker usage
• Plan your study time

• CyberA4U Academy — courses

DevSecOps is the secure SDLC applied to fast, automated delivery. NIST's Secure Software Development Framework lists the practices to automate.

• Map SSDF practices to pipeline stages
• Decide which checks run on commit, merge and release
• Balance speed and assurance

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

• NIST SP 800-218 — Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF)

The pipeline itself is a target: stolen CI secrets, poisoned dependencies and unauthorized changes can ship malicious code. The OWASP Top 10 CI/CD Security Risks lists the main threats.

• Identify risks in your pipeline
• Protect pipeline credentials and runners
• Enforce reviews on protected branches

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

• OWASP Top 10 CI/CD Security Risks

Static analysis scans source code for insecure patterns on every change. Tuned rules and fast feedback keep developers engaged.

• Add a SAST tool such as Semgrep
• Tune rules for your codebase
• Report results in pull requests

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

• Semgrep documentation

Software composition analysis finds vulnerable and risky open-source dependencies and helps you keep them updated.

• Scan dependencies against vulnerability databases such as OSV
• Automate update pull requests
• Set policies for critical findings

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

• OSV — Open Source Vulnerabilities database
• OWASP Dependency-Track

Secrets committed to Git spread fast and are hard to remove. Scan on commit and in CI, and rotate anything that leaks.

• Run a secrets scanner such as Gitleaks
• Block commits with secrets
• Rotate leaked credentials immediately

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

• Gitleaks (GitHub)

Infrastructure-as-code scanners catch misconfigurations — public buckets, open ports, missing encryption — before they are deployed.

• Scan Terraform or Kubernetes manifests
• Fail builds on high-risk findings
• Track accepted exceptions

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

• Checkov — static analysis for IaC

Dynamic testing runs against a deployed test environment to find runtime issues such as missing headers or injectable parameters.

• Run a baseline DAST scan in CI
• Use an isolated test environment
• Triage results with developers

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

• ZAP documentation

Policy as code expresses rules ("images must be signed", "no public buckets") as code that is enforced automatically.

• Write policies with Open Policy Agent
• Enforce them in CI and at deploy time
• Version and review policies

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

• Open Policy Agent documentation

Signing artifacts and generating provenance (SLSA) proves what was built, from which source, by which pipeline.

• Sign container images and artifacts
• Generate build provenance
• Verify signatures before deployment

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

• Sigstore — Signing containers with Cosign
• SLSA — Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts

Security checks only work if developers trust them: fast, accurate, in the pull request, with a clear fix. Noisy or slow tools get bypassed.

• Keep pipeline security checks fast
• Show findings where developers work
• Provide clear remediation guidance

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

• OWASP DevSecOps Guideline

Sometimes a critical fix must ship despite a failing check. A break-glass process allows it with approval, logging and follow-up — instead of disabling security.

• Define who can approve a bypass
• Log and review every bypass
• Create follow-up tickets automatically

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

Track how many repositories have security checks, how long findings stay open, and how often builds are blocked, to show progress and find friction.

• Measure pipeline coverage across repositories
• Track time to fix findings
• Monitor bypasses and false positives

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

Put it all together into a reference pipeline teams can copy: build, test, SAST, SCA, secrets, IaC, image scan, sign, deploy, DAST.

• Design a reusable pipeline template
• Document each stage
• Make it the default for new projects

الأدوات والتقنيات: DevSecOps

• SLSA — Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts

Check that you can build a pipeline that secures code, dependencies, infrastructure and artifacts automatically.

• Automate SAST, SCA, secrets and IaC checks
• Sign and verify artifacts
• Handle exceptions safely

• CyberA4U CTF Arena — practice challenges

You can now build secure pipelines. Continue with Container Security, Kubernetes Security or Application Security.

• Keep your template updated
• Choose your next roadmap
• Share your pipeline design

• CyberA4U CTF Arena — practice challenges