DevSecOps

Overview

DevSecOps integrates security practices into every phase of the software delivery lifecycle, from planning and coding through building, testing, deploying, and operating. Rather than treating security as a gate at the end of development, DevSecOps embeds automated security checks, policy enforcement, and vulnerability scanning into CI/CD pipelines. CodeMiners implements DevSecOps across all projects to ensure that security is continuous, automated, and never a bottleneck.

Governing Body

Industry best practice (OWASP, NIST, DoD DevSecOps Reference Architecture)

Scope of Certification

Covers the entire software delivery lifecycle: secure coding, static application security testing (SAST), dynamic application security testing (DAST), software composition analysis (SCA), infrastructure as code (IaC) scanning, container security, runtime application self-protection (RASP), and security monitoring.

Audit and Assessment Process

DevSecOps maturity is assessed through internal reviews and can be evaluated alongside OWASP SAMM or NIST SSDF assessments. Automated tooling provides continuous evidence of security control execution.

Key Requirements

1. SAST integrated into build pipelines
2. DAST executed against staging environments
3. SCA for all third-party dependencies
4. IaC scanning for infrastructure configurations
5. Container image vulnerability scanning
6. Secrets detection in code repositories
7. Security gate enforcement before deployment

Compliance Entitlements

• Security integrated into every phase of the CI/CD pipeline
• Automated vulnerability scanning and policy enforcement
• Shift-left security with early detection of issues
• Continuous security monitoring in production environments

Client Benefits

• Ensures security defects are caught early, reducing remediation cost
• Provides continuous security assurance rather than point-in-time assessments
• Automated evidence trail of security checks for audit and compliance

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