Mastering DevSecOps: Secure, Scalable, and Future-Proof Your Career in Modern Software Delivery
You’re under pressure. Tight deadlines, escalating security threats, and the relentless pace of digital transformation are making traditional software delivery feel fragile, reactive, and outdated. You know DevSecOps is the future, but most resources are fragmented, theoretical, or too shallow to apply in real systems at scale. Every breach, audit finding, or failed deployment isn’t just a technical setback-it’s a career risk. But here’s the opportunity: professionals who can embed security into CI/CD pipelines, automate compliance, and lead resilient software delivery are now among the most sought-after in tech. Companies aren’t just hiring them. They’re funding, promoting, and relying on them. Mastering DevSecOps: Secure, Scalable, and Future-Proof Your Career in Modern Software Delivery is your direct path from reactive firefighting to proactive leadership. This isn’t about theory. It’s about actionable mastery-going from concept to implementation in real-world environments with measurable outcomes, and emerging with a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service, a globally recognised credential in enterprise technology excellence. Take it from Sarah Lin, Senior DevOps Engineer at a Fortune 500 financial institution: “After completing this course, I redesigned our CI/CD pipeline to integrate SAST and secrets detection. We reduced critical vulnerabilities by 87% in three months. I was promoted to lead our internal DevSecOps enablement program-and my salary increased by 32%.” This isn’t just learning. It’s career leverage. You’ll gain the exact frameworks, tools, and implementation strategies used by top-performing engineering teams to deliver secure software at speed, while future-proofing your value in an AI-augmented, compliance-heavy landscape. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Fully Self-Paced with Immediate Online Access
This course is designed for the busy professional. Access opens as soon as your enrollment is processed, allowing you to begin immediately-no fixed start dates, no rigid schedules. Learn at your own pace, on your own time, from any location. On-Demand Learning – No Deadlines, No Pressure
There are no time commitments or live sessions. The entire curriculum is available on-demand, so you can progress rapidly or take breaks as needed. Most learners complete the core technical implementation modules in 12–18 hours and begin applying concepts to their workflows within the first week. Lifetime Access with Ongoing Updates Included
Enroll once, access forever. You receive unlimited, 24/7 access to all course materials. As DevSecOps tools and best practices evolve-with new standards like SLSA, Sigstore, and updated NIST and ISO frameworks-we update the content at no additional cost. Your mastery stays current for your entire career. Mobile-Friendly, Global Access
Access the course securely from any device-desktop, tablet, or smartphone. Whether you’re in transit, at home, or working remotely across time zones, the platform is optimised for readability, navigation, and progress tracking, ensuring a seamless learning experience. Direct Instructor Guidance & Implementation Support
You’re not going it alone. This course includes structured, response-based support from our team of DevSecOps practitioners who have led secure delivery at global enterprises. Ask implementation-specific questions, submit pipeline design patterns for feedback, and receive actionable guidance-not generic answers. Official Certificate of Completion Issued by The Art of Service
Upon finishing the course, you earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service, a name trusted by over 120,000 professionals in 147 countries. This credential demonstrates verified competence in modern secure software delivery and is recognised by hiring managers in cloud, cybersecurity, and software engineering. Transparent Pricing – No Hidden Fees
The listed price includes everything: full curriculum access, all supplementary materials, implementation templates, and the final certificate. No upsells, no recurring charges, no surprise costs. Accepted Payment Methods
We accept Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal for secure, instant processing worldwide. Risk-Free Enrollment: 30-Day Satisfied or Refunded
Your investment is protected by a full 30-day, no-questions-asked refund policy. If the course doesn’t meet your expectations or deliver measurable value, simply request a refund. There is zero financial risk to you. Confident Enrollment Process
After enrolling, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your access details will be sent separately once your course materials are prepared, ensuring a smooth onboarding experience with all components verified and ready. “Will This Work for Me?” – We Remove the Doubt
This program is designed for hands-on practitioners-SREs, DevOps Engineers, Platform Engineers, Security Architects, and Software Developers-who want to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure. Whether you're transitioning from traditional operations, scaling cloud deployments, or leading secure automation initiatives, the curriculum is structured to meet you where you are. This works even if: You’ve never led a security automation project, your team still treats security as a gate, you're unsure where to start with policy-as-code, or you’ve struggled to get traction on DevSecOps initiatives in the past. We provide the exact tool configurations, integration patterns, compliance mappings, and change management strategies used by high-performing teams to make DevSecOps operational and sustainable. With real-world examples, battle-tested templates, and implementation blueprints, you’re not just learning. You’re building confidence with every module. This course delivers clarity, credibility, and career momentum-backed by ironclad guarantees and proven outcomes.
Module 1: Foundations of Modern DevSecOps - Understanding the evolution from DevOps to DevSecOps
- Business impact of insecure software delivery
- Key drivers: compliance, cloud, AI, and supply chain threats
- Defining security as a continuous process, not a gate
- The role of automation in shifting security left
- Integrating security into the software development lifecycle
- Common failure modes in DevSecOps adoption
- Establishing ownership and accountability across teams
- Mapping organisational roles to DevSecOps responsibilities
- Creating a security-aware engineering culture
Module 2: DevSecOps Principles and Governance Frameworks - Core tenets of secure, scalable software delivery
- Mapping controls to NIST SP 800-160 and ISO/IEC 27034
- Implementing the Principle of Least Privilege across CI/CD
- Zero Trust architecture in DevSecOps workflows
- Establishing secure default configurations
- Policy design for automated enforcement
- Security requirements traceability from design to deployment
- Integrating compliance early in the pipeline
- Using control objectives to guide automation scope
- Aligning DevSecOps with SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS
Module 3: Secure CI/CD Pipeline Design - Anatomy of a secure, optimised CI/CD pipeline
- Immutable pipeline design principles
- Securing pipeline runners and agents
- Configuring least-privilege access for CI tools
- Protecting pipeline secrets with vault integration
- Using ephemeral runners to reduce attack surface
- Signing and verifying pipeline steps with Sigstore
- Enforcing pipeline integrity with provenance
- Validating pipeline inputs and preventing dependency confusion
- Designing resilient pipelines with rollback capabilities
Module 4: Static Application Security Testing (SAST) - Understanding SAST in the context of code analysis
- Selecting appropriate SAST tools for different languages
- Configuring SAST in CI for early detection
- Reducing false positives with contextual analysis
- Integrating SonarQube with quality gates
- Analysing code for injection vulnerabilities, memory leaks, and insecure patterns
- Automating code review feedback into pull requests
- Generating SAST reports for compliance and audit
- Scaling SAST across large monorepos
- Creating custom rules for organisational coding standards
Module 5: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) and Open Source Risk - Tracking open source components across the build process
- Analysing dependencies for known vulnerabilities
- Integrating SCA tools like Dependency-Track and OWASP DC
- Blocking builds on critical CVE thresholds
- Automating version upgrades and patch recommendations
- Managing license compliance at scale
- Detecting abandoned or high-risk dependencies
- Creating policy rules for allowed component sources
- Generating SBOMs as part of every build
- Validating SBOM accuracy with SPDX and CycloneDX
Module 6: Dynamic and Interactive Application Security Testing (DAST/IaST) - Understanding the role of DAST in runtime validation
- Differentiating DAST, IaST, and penetration testing
- Configuring OWASP ZAP for automated scans
- Running DAST in staging environments with mocked data
- Securing APIs with automated fuzzing and schema validation
- Integrating IAST agents for real-time code path analysis
- Setting thresholds for blocking deployment on high-risk findings
- Correlating DAST results with SAST for root cause analysis
- Generating compliance-ready vulnerability reports
- Automating remediation workflows with ticketing systems
Module 7: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security - Securing Terraform, CloudFormation, and Pulumi configurations
- Analysing IaC for misconfigurations and drift
- Using Checkov and tfsec for policy validation
- Preventing over-provisioned IAM roles in templates
- Enforcing encryption, logging, and monitoring by default
- Validating network security group rules
- Scanning Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests
- Integrating IaC scanning into PR pipelines
- Automating drift detection and correction
- Using policy-as-code with Open Policy Agent (OPA)
Module 8: Secrets Management and Runtime Protection - Identifying and eliminating hardcoded secrets
- Using git-secrets and TruffleHog to scan repositories
- Integrating HashiCorp Vault into CI/CD workflows
- Dynamic secrets generation for pipeline jobs
- Short-lived credentials for containerised applications
- Securing Kubernetes secrets with external providers
- Runtime protection with sidecar proxies and service meshes
- Integrating Falco for runtime threat detection
- Monitoring for credential exfiltration and anomalous access
- Automating incident response for secrets leaks
Module 9: Container and Kubernetes Security - Signing and verifying container images with Cosign
- Scanning images for vulnerabilities with Trivy and Grype
- Implementing secure base images and minimal OS layers
- Applying least privilege to container capabilities
- Enforcing seccomp, AppArmor, and SELinux profiles
- Analysing Kubernetes configurations with Kube-bench
- Integrating Kyverno for policy enforcement
- Restricting pod privilege escalation
- Validating pod security standards (PSS) in CI
- Implementing network policies for microservices
Module 10: Supply Chain Security and Provenance - Understanding software supply chain threats
- Implementing SLSA framework for build integrity
- Generating and verifying provenance with Sigstore
- Signing artifacts with Fulcio and Rekor
- Establishing trusted build environments
- Verifying artifact lineage before deployment
- Using in-toto for supply chain integrity
- Enforcing artifact signing at the registry level
- Automating policy checks with SLIPs
- Integrating supply chain controls into deployment gates
Module 11: Policy as Code and Automated Compliance - Defining security and compliance policies in code
- Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego for policy logic
- Writing policies for cloud, IaC, and container configurations
- Integrating OPA with CI/CD pipelines
- Creating custom compliance packs for regulatory standards
- Generating audit-ready compliance evidence
- Automating policy updates across environments
- Testing policy logic with mock inputs
- Scaling policy enforcement across multiple teams
- Using Conftest for policy validation in CI
Module 12: Secure Deployment and Release Strategies - Designing secure blue/green and canary deployments
- Implementing automated rollback triggers
- Validating deployments with health checks and SLOs
- Securing deployment credentials and service accounts
- Using deployment events for audit trails
- Integrating security gates into release pipelines
- Using feature flags with secure rollouts
- Observing deployment impact with logging and telemetry
- Preventing unauthorised deployments with tooling controls
- Enforcing deployment windows and approval workflows
Module 13: Observability and Security Monitoring - Integrating logs, metrics, and traces into security analysis
- Using OpenTelemetry for consistent instrumentation
- Correlating build, deployment, and runtime events
- Establishing baseline behaviour for anomaly detection
- Monitoring CI/CD pipeline activity for suspicious behaviour
- Setting alerts for unauthorised configuration changes
- Tracking authentication and authorisation events
- Integrating DevSecOps telemetry into SIEM
- Creating dashboards for security posture visibility
- Using eBPF for deep system-level observability
Module 14: Identity and Access Management in CI/CD - Applying least privilege to service accounts
- Rotating CI/CD credentials automatically
- Using short-lived tokens and federated identity
- Configuring identity providers for CI tools
- Implementing just-in-time access for deployment tasks
- Enforcing MFA for administrative access
- Mapping identities to audit trails
- Using workload identity for cloud integrations
- Centralising access reviews and attestation
- Integrating IAM policies with CI pipelines
Module 15: Threat Modelling for DevSecOps - Applying STRIDE and PASTA to CI/CD systems
- Identifying attack surfaces in the pipeline
- Documenting data flows and trust boundaries
- Creating threat models for build infrastructure
- Using threat modelling tools like OWASP Threat Dragon
- Generating actionable mitigations from models
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Validating mitigations through testing and automation
- Updating threat models with system changes
- Prioritising risks based on exploitability and impact
Module 16: DevSecOps Metrics and Continuous Improvement - Defining key DevSecOps performance indicators
- Tracking mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Measuring security findings per build and deployment
- Monitoring SBOM completeness and accuracy
- Tracking policy compliance rates across environments
- Using DORA metrics with security enhancements
- Generating executive-level security dashboards
- Establishing feedback loops for tooling improvements
- Conducting post-incident reviews with action items
- Iterating on DevSecOps practices using data
Module 17: Real-World DevSecOps Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and implement a secure CI pipeline for a microservice
- Integrate SAST, SCA, and IaC scanning with pass/fail gates
- Automate SBOM generation and upload to a registry
- Enforce policy-as-code using OPA in pull requests
- Scan and sign container images before deployment
- Configure Vault for dynamic secrets in deployment jobs
- Implement secure Kubernetes deployment with network policies
- Generate and verify provenance using Sigstore
- Set up observability with OpenTelemetry and alerting
- Create compliance dashboard with audit-ready reports
Module 18: Organisational Adoption and Change Management - Overcoming resistance to DevSecOps integration
- Building cross-functional collaboration between teams
- Training engineers on secure coding and tooling
- Creating internal documentation and playbooks
- Establishing DevSecOps champions in engineering squads
- Migrating legacy systems to secure pipelines
- Scaling DevSecOps across multiple business units
- Measuring adoption and maturity with DevSecOps models
- Presenting progress to stakeholders and executives
- Creating a sustainable DevSecOps operating model
Module 19: Advanced DevSecOps Patterns and Optimisations - Parallelising security scans for faster pipelines
- Caching results to reduce redundant analysis
- Using pre-commit hooks for local security checks
- Implementing incremental scanning based on code changes
- Securing multi-region and hybrid cloud deployments
- Integrating AI-powered code assistants with security guardrails
- Using differential analysis to focus on new risks
- Automating exploit prediction based on vulnerability context
- Protecting AI model training pipelines
- Applying DevSecOps principles to DataOps and MLOps
Module 20: Certification and Career Advancement Strategy - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Reviewing core DevSecOps implementation concepts
- Documenting your final project for professional portfolio
- Verifying all learning outcomes have been met
- Submitting your completion package
- Earning your official Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to your LinkedIn and CV
- Leveraging the certificate in salary negotiations and promotions
- Joining a community of certified DevSecOps professionals
- Accessing exclusive job boards and leadership opportunities
- Understanding the evolution from DevOps to DevSecOps
- Business impact of insecure software delivery
- Key drivers: compliance, cloud, AI, and supply chain threats
- Defining security as a continuous process, not a gate
- The role of automation in shifting security left
- Integrating security into the software development lifecycle
- Common failure modes in DevSecOps adoption
- Establishing ownership and accountability across teams
- Mapping organisational roles to DevSecOps responsibilities
- Creating a security-aware engineering culture
Module 2: DevSecOps Principles and Governance Frameworks - Core tenets of secure, scalable software delivery
- Mapping controls to NIST SP 800-160 and ISO/IEC 27034
- Implementing the Principle of Least Privilege across CI/CD
- Zero Trust architecture in DevSecOps workflows
- Establishing secure default configurations
- Policy design for automated enforcement
- Security requirements traceability from design to deployment
- Integrating compliance early in the pipeline
- Using control objectives to guide automation scope
- Aligning DevSecOps with SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS
Module 3: Secure CI/CD Pipeline Design - Anatomy of a secure, optimised CI/CD pipeline
- Immutable pipeline design principles
- Securing pipeline runners and agents
- Configuring least-privilege access for CI tools
- Protecting pipeline secrets with vault integration
- Using ephemeral runners to reduce attack surface
- Signing and verifying pipeline steps with Sigstore
- Enforcing pipeline integrity with provenance
- Validating pipeline inputs and preventing dependency confusion
- Designing resilient pipelines with rollback capabilities
Module 4: Static Application Security Testing (SAST) - Understanding SAST in the context of code analysis
- Selecting appropriate SAST tools for different languages
- Configuring SAST in CI for early detection
- Reducing false positives with contextual analysis
- Integrating SonarQube with quality gates
- Analysing code for injection vulnerabilities, memory leaks, and insecure patterns
- Automating code review feedback into pull requests
- Generating SAST reports for compliance and audit
- Scaling SAST across large monorepos
- Creating custom rules for organisational coding standards
Module 5: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) and Open Source Risk - Tracking open source components across the build process
- Analysing dependencies for known vulnerabilities
- Integrating SCA tools like Dependency-Track and OWASP DC
- Blocking builds on critical CVE thresholds
- Automating version upgrades and patch recommendations
- Managing license compliance at scale
- Detecting abandoned or high-risk dependencies
- Creating policy rules for allowed component sources
- Generating SBOMs as part of every build
- Validating SBOM accuracy with SPDX and CycloneDX
Module 6: Dynamic and Interactive Application Security Testing (DAST/IaST) - Understanding the role of DAST in runtime validation
- Differentiating DAST, IaST, and penetration testing
- Configuring OWASP ZAP for automated scans
- Running DAST in staging environments with mocked data
- Securing APIs with automated fuzzing and schema validation
- Integrating IAST agents for real-time code path analysis
- Setting thresholds for blocking deployment on high-risk findings
- Correlating DAST results with SAST for root cause analysis
- Generating compliance-ready vulnerability reports
- Automating remediation workflows with ticketing systems
Module 7: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security - Securing Terraform, CloudFormation, and Pulumi configurations
- Analysing IaC for misconfigurations and drift
- Using Checkov and tfsec for policy validation
- Preventing over-provisioned IAM roles in templates
- Enforcing encryption, logging, and monitoring by default
- Validating network security group rules
- Scanning Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests
- Integrating IaC scanning into PR pipelines
- Automating drift detection and correction
- Using policy-as-code with Open Policy Agent (OPA)
Module 8: Secrets Management and Runtime Protection - Identifying and eliminating hardcoded secrets
- Using git-secrets and TruffleHog to scan repositories
- Integrating HashiCorp Vault into CI/CD workflows
- Dynamic secrets generation for pipeline jobs
- Short-lived credentials for containerised applications
- Securing Kubernetes secrets with external providers
- Runtime protection with sidecar proxies and service meshes
- Integrating Falco for runtime threat detection
- Monitoring for credential exfiltration and anomalous access
- Automating incident response for secrets leaks
Module 9: Container and Kubernetes Security - Signing and verifying container images with Cosign
- Scanning images for vulnerabilities with Trivy and Grype
- Implementing secure base images and minimal OS layers
- Applying least privilege to container capabilities
- Enforcing seccomp, AppArmor, and SELinux profiles
- Analysing Kubernetes configurations with Kube-bench
- Integrating Kyverno for policy enforcement
- Restricting pod privilege escalation
- Validating pod security standards (PSS) in CI
- Implementing network policies for microservices
Module 10: Supply Chain Security and Provenance - Understanding software supply chain threats
- Implementing SLSA framework for build integrity
- Generating and verifying provenance with Sigstore
- Signing artifacts with Fulcio and Rekor
- Establishing trusted build environments
- Verifying artifact lineage before deployment
- Using in-toto for supply chain integrity
- Enforcing artifact signing at the registry level
- Automating policy checks with SLIPs
- Integrating supply chain controls into deployment gates
Module 11: Policy as Code and Automated Compliance - Defining security and compliance policies in code
- Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego for policy logic
- Writing policies for cloud, IaC, and container configurations
- Integrating OPA with CI/CD pipelines
- Creating custom compliance packs for regulatory standards
- Generating audit-ready compliance evidence
- Automating policy updates across environments
- Testing policy logic with mock inputs
- Scaling policy enforcement across multiple teams
- Using Conftest for policy validation in CI
Module 12: Secure Deployment and Release Strategies - Designing secure blue/green and canary deployments
- Implementing automated rollback triggers
- Validating deployments with health checks and SLOs
- Securing deployment credentials and service accounts
- Using deployment events for audit trails
- Integrating security gates into release pipelines
- Using feature flags with secure rollouts
- Observing deployment impact with logging and telemetry
- Preventing unauthorised deployments with tooling controls
- Enforcing deployment windows and approval workflows
Module 13: Observability and Security Monitoring - Integrating logs, metrics, and traces into security analysis
- Using OpenTelemetry for consistent instrumentation
- Correlating build, deployment, and runtime events
- Establishing baseline behaviour for anomaly detection
- Monitoring CI/CD pipeline activity for suspicious behaviour
- Setting alerts for unauthorised configuration changes
- Tracking authentication and authorisation events
- Integrating DevSecOps telemetry into SIEM
- Creating dashboards for security posture visibility
- Using eBPF for deep system-level observability
Module 14: Identity and Access Management in CI/CD - Applying least privilege to service accounts
- Rotating CI/CD credentials automatically
- Using short-lived tokens and federated identity
- Configuring identity providers for CI tools
- Implementing just-in-time access for deployment tasks
- Enforcing MFA for administrative access
- Mapping identities to audit trails
- Using workload identity for cloud integrations
- Centralising access reviews and attestation
- Integrating IAM policies with CI pipelines
Module 15: Threat Modelling for DevSecOps - Applying STRIDE and PASTA to CI/CD systems
- Identifying attack surfaces in the pipeline
- Documenting data flows and trust boundaries
- Creating threat models for build infrastructure
- Using threat modelling tools like OWASP Threat Dragon
- Generating actionable mitigations from models
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Validating mitigations through testing and automation
- Updating threat models with system changes
- Prioritising risks based on exploitability and impact
Module 16: DevSecOps Metrics and Continuous Improvement - Defining key DevSecOps performance indicators
- Tracking mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Measuring security findings per build and deployment
- Monitoring SBOM completeness and accuracy
- Tracking policy compliance rates across environments
- Using DORA metrics with security enhancements
- Generating executive-level security dashboards
- Establishing feedback loops for tooling improvements
- Conducting post-incident reviews with action items
- Iterating on DevSecOps practices using data
Module 17: Real-World DevSecOps Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and implement a secure CI pipeline for a microservice
- Integrate SAST, SCA, and IaC scanning with pass/fail gates
- Automate SBOM generation and upload to a registry
- Enforce policy-as-code using OPA in pull requests
- Scan and sign container images before deployment
- Configure Vault for dynamic secrets in deployment jobs
- Implement secure Kubernetes deployment with network policies
- Generate and verify provenance using Sigstore
- Set up observability with OpenTelemetry and alerting
- Create compliance dashboard with audit-ready reports
Module 18: Organisational Adoption and Change Management - Overcoming resistance to DevSecOps integration
- Building cross-functional collaboration between teams
- Training engineers on secure coding and tooling
- Creating internal documentation and playbooks
- Establishing DevSecOps champions in engineering squads
- Migrating legacy systems to secure pipelines
- Scaling DevSecOps across multiple business units
- Measuring adoption and maturity with DevSecOps models
- Presenting progress to stakeholders and executives
- Creating a sustainable DevSecOps operating model
Module 19: Advanced DevSecOps Patterns and Optimisations - Parallelising security scans for faster pipelines
- Caching results to reduce redundant analysis
- Using pre-commit hooks for local security checks
- Implementing incremental scanning based on code changes
- Securing multi-region and hybrid cloud deployments
- Integrating AI-powered code assistants with security guardrails
- Using differential analysis to focus on new risks
- Automating exploit prediction based on vulnerability context
- Protecting AI model training pipelines
- Applying DevSecOps principles to DataOps and MLOps
Module 20: Certification and Career Advancement Strategy - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Reviewing core DevSecOps implementation concepts
- Documenting your final project for professional portfolio
- Verifying all learning outcomes have been met
- Submitting your completion package
- Earning your official Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to your LinkedIn and CV
- Leveraging the certificate in salary negotiations and promotions
- Joining a community of certified DevSecOps professionals
- Accessing exclusive job boards and leadership opportunities
- Anatomy of a secure, optimised CI/CD pipeline
- Immutable pipeline design principles
- Securing pipeline runners and agents
- Configuring least-privilege access for CI tools
- Protecting pipeline secrets with vault integration
- Using ephemeral runners to reduce attack surface
- Signing and verifying pipeline steps with Sigstore
- Enforcing pipeline integrity with provenance
- Validating pipeline inputs and preventing dependency confusion
- Designing resilient pipelines with rollback capabilities
Module 4: Static Application Security Testing (SAST) - Understanding SAST in the context of code analysis
- Selecting appropriate SAST tools for different languages
- Configuring SAST in CI for early detection
- Reducing false positives with contextual analysis
- Integrating SonarQube with quality gates
- Analysing code for injection vulnerabilities, memory leaks, and insecure patterns
- Automating code review feedback into pull requests
- Generating SAST reports for compliance and audit
- Scaling SAST across large monorepos
- Creating custom rules for organisational coding standards
Module 5: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) and Open Source Risk - Tracking open source components across the build process
- Analysing dependencies for known vulnerabilities
- Integrating SCA tools like Dependency-Track and OWASP DC
- Blocking builds on critical CVE thresholds
- Automating version upgrades and patch recommendations
- Managing license compliance at scale
- Detecting abandoned or high-risk dependencies
- Creating policy rules for allowed component sources
- Generating SBOMs as part of every build
- Validating SBOM accuracy with SPDX and CycloneDX
Module 6: Dynamic and Interactive Application Security Testing (DAST/IaST) - Understanding the role of DAST in runtime validation
- Differentiating DAST, IaST, and penetration testing
- Configuring OWASP ZAP for automated scans
- Running DAST in staging environments with mocked data
- Securing APIs with automated fuzzing and schema validation
- Integrating IAST agents for real-time code path analysis
- Setting thresholds for blocking deployment on high-risk findings
- Correlating DAST results with SAST for root cause analysis
- Generating compliance-ready vulnerability reports
- Automating remediation workflows with ticketing systems
Module 7: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security - Securing Terraform, CloudFormation, and Pulumi configurations
- Analysing IaC for misconfigurations and drift
- Using Checkov and tfsec for policy validation
- Preventing over-provisioned IAM roles in templates
- Enforcing encryption, logging, and monitoring by default
- Validating network security group rules
- Scanning Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests
- Integrating IaC scanning into PR pipelines
- Automating drift detection and correction
- Using policy-as-code with Open Policy Agent (OPA)
Module 8: Secrets Management and Runtime Protection - Identifying and eliminating hardcoded secrets
- Using git-secrets and TruffleHog to scan repositories
- Integrating HashiCorp Vault into CI/CD workflows
- Dynamic secrets generation for pipeline jobs
- Short-lived credentials for containerised applications
- Securing Kubernetes secrets with external providers
- Runtime protection with sidecar proxies and service meshes
- Integrating Falco for runtime threat detection
- Monitoring for credential exfiltration and anomalous access
- Automating incident response for secrets leaks
Module 9: Container and Kubernetes Security - Signing and verifying container images with Cosign
- Scanning images for vulnerabilities with Trivy and Grype
- Implementing secure base images and minimal OS layers
- Applying least privilege to container capabilities
- Enforcing seccomp, AppArmor, and SELinux profiles
- Analysing Kubernetes configurations with Kube-bench
- Integrating Kyverno for policy enforcement
- Restricting pod privilege escalation
- Validating pod security standards (PSS) in CI
- Implementing network policies for microservices
Module 10: Supply Chain Security and Provenance - Understanding software supply chain threats
- Implementing SLSA framework for build integrity
- Generating and verifying provenance with Sigstore
- Signing artifacts with Fulcio and Rekor
- Establishing trusted build environments
- Verifying artifact lineage before deployment
- Using in-toto for supply chain integrity
- Enforcing artifact signing at the registry level
- Automating policy checks with SLIPs
- Integrating supply chain controls into deployment gates
Module 11: Policy as Code and Automated Compliance - Defining security and compliance policies in code
- Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego for policy logic
- Writing policies for cloud, IaC, and container configurations
- Integrating OPA with CI/CD pipelines
- Creating custom compliance packs for regulatory standards
- Generating audit-ready compliance evidence
- Automating policy updates across environments
- Testing policy logic with mock inputs
- Scaling policy enforcement across multiple teams
- Using Conftest for policy validation in CI
Module 12: Secure Deployment and Release Strategies - Designing secure blue/green and canary deployments
- Implementing automated rollback triggers
- Validating deployments with health checks and SLOs
- Securing deployment credentials and service accounts
- Using deployment events for audit trails
- Integrating security gates into release pipelines
- Using feature flags with secure rollouts
- Observing deployment impact with logging and telemetry
- Preventing unauthorised deployments with tooling controls
- Enforcing deployment windows and approval workflows
Module 13: Observability and Security Monitoring - Integrating logs, metrics, and traces into security analysis
- Using OpenTelemetry for consistent instrumentation
- Correlating build, deployment, and runtime events
- Establishing baseline behaviour for anomaly detection
- Monitoring CI/CD pipeline activity for suspicious behaviour
- Setting alerts for unauthorised configuration changes
- Tracking authentication and authorisation events
- Integrating DevSecOps telemetry into SIEM
- Creating dashboards for security posture visibility
- Using eBPF for deep system-level observability
Module 14: Identity and Access Management in CI/CD - Applying least privilege to service accounts
- Rotating CI/CD credentials automatically
- Using short-lived tokens and federated identity
- Configuring identity providers for CI tools
- Implementing just-in-time access for deployment tasks
- Enforcing MFA for administrative access
- Mapping identities to audit trails
- Using workload identity for cloud integrations
- Centralising access reviews and attestation
- Integrating IAM policies with CI pipelines
Module 15: Threat Modelling for DevSecOps - Applying STRIDE and PASTA to CI/CD systems
- Identifying attack surfaces in the pipeline
- Documenting data flows and trust boundaries
- Creating threat models for build infrastructure
- Using threat modelling tools like OWASP Threat Dragon
- Generating actionable mitigations from models
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Validating mitigations through testing and automation
- Updating threat models with system changes
- Prioritising risks based on exploitability and impact
Module 16: DevSecOps Metrics and Continuous Improvement - Defining key DevSecOps performance indicators
- Tracking mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Measuring security findings per build and deployment
- Monitoring SBOM completeness and accuracy
- Tracking policy compliance rates across environments
- Using DORA metrics with security enhancements
- Generating executive-level security dashboards
- Establishing feedback loops for tooling improvements
- Conducting post-incident reviews with action items
- Iterating on DevSecOps practices using data
Module 17: Real-World DevSecOps Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and implement a secure CI pipeline for a microservice
- Integrate SAST, SCA, and IaC scanning with pass/fail gates
- Automate SBOM generation and upload to a registry
- Enforce policy-as-code using OPA in pull requests
- Scan and sign container images before deployment
- Configure Vault for dynamic secrets in deployment jobs
- Implement secure Kubernetes deployment with network policies
- Generate and verify provenance using Sigstore
- Set up observability with OpenTelemetry and alerting
- Create compliance dashboard with audit-ready reports
Module 18: Organisational Adoption and Change Management - Overcoming resistance to DevSecOps integration
- Building cross-functional collaboration between teams
- Training engineers on secure coding and tooling
- Creating internal documentation and playbooks
- Establishing DevSecOps champions in engineering squads
- Migrating legacy systems to secure pipelines
- Scaling DevSecOps across multiple business units
- Measuring adoption and maturity with DevSecOps models
- Presenting progress to stakeholders and executives
- Creating a sustainable DevSecOps operating model
Module 19: Advanced DevSecOps Patterns and Optimisations - Parallelising security scans for faster pipelines
- Caching results to reduce redundant analysis
- Using pre-commit hooks for local security checks
- Implementing incremental scanning based on code changes
- Securing multi-region and hybrid cloud deployments
- Integrating AI-powered code assistants with security guardrails
- Using differential analysis to focus on new risks
- Automating exploit prediction based on vulnerability context
- Protecting AI model training pipelines
- Applying DevSecOps principles to DataOps and MLOps
Module 20: Certification and Career Advancement Strategy - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Reviewing core DevSecOps implementation concepts
- Documenting your final project for professional portfolio
- Verifying all learning outcomes have been met
- Submitting your completion package
- Earning your official Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to your LinkedIn and CV
- Leveraging the certificate in salary negotiations and promotions
- Joining a community of certified DevSecOps professionals
- Accessing exclusive job boards and leadership opportunities
- Tracking open source components across the build process
- Analysing dependencies for known vulnerabilities
- Integrating SCA tools like Dependency-Track and OWASP DC
- Blocking builds on critical CVE thresholds
- Automating version upgrades and patch recommendations
- Managing license compliance at scale
- Detecting abandoned or high-risk dependencies
- Creating policy rules for allowed component sources
- Generating SBOMs as part of every build
- Validating SBOM accuracy with SPDX and CycloneDX
Module 6: Dynamic and Interactive Application Security Testing (DAST/IaST) - Understanding the role of DAST in runtime validation
- Differentiating DAST, IaST, and penetration testing
- Configuring OWASP ZAP for automated scans
- Running DAST in staging environments with mocked data
- Securing APIs with automated fuzzing and schema validation
- Integrating IAST agents for real-time code path analysis
- Setting thresholds for blocking deployment on high-risk findings
- Correlating DAST results with SAST for root cause analysis
- Generating compliance-ready vulnerability reports
- Automating remediation workflows with ticketing systems
Module 7: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security - Securing Terraform, CloudFormation, and Pulumi configurations
- Analysing IaC for misconfigurations and drift
- Using Checkov and tfsec for policy validation
- Preventing over-provisioned IAM roles in templates
- Enforcing encryption, logging, and monitoring by default
- Validating network security group rules
- Scanning Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests
- Integrating IaC scanning into PR pipelines
- Automating drift detection and correction
- Using policy-as-code with Open Policy Agent (OPA)
Module 8: Secrets Management and Runtime Protection - Identifying and eliminating hardcoded secrets
- Using git-secrets and TruffleHog to scan repositories
- Integrating HashiCorp Vault into CI/CD workflows
- Dynamic secrets generation for pipeline jobs
- Short-lived credentials for containerised applications
- Securing Kubernetes secrets with external providers
- Runtime protection with sidecar proxies and service meshes
- Integrating Falco for runtime threat detection
- Monitoring for credential exfiltration and anomalous access
- Automating incident response for secrets leaks
Module 9: Container and Kubernetes Security - Signing and verifying container images with Cosign
- Scanning images for vulnerabilities with Trivy and Grype
- Implementing secure base images and minimal OS layers
- Applying least privilege to container capabilities
- Enforcing seccomp, AppArmor, and SELinux profiles
- Analysing Kubernetes configurations with Kube-bench
- Integrating Kyverno for policy enforcement
- Restricting pod privilege escalation
- Validating pod security standards (PSS) in CI
- Implementing network policies for microservices
Module 10: Supply Chain Security and Provenance - Understanding software supply chain threats
- Implementing SLSA framework for build integrity
- Generating and verifying provenance with Sigstore
- Signing artifacts with Fulcio and Rekor
- Establishing trusted build environments
- Verifying artifact lineage before deployment
- Using in-toto for supply chain integrity
- Enforcing artifact signing at the registry level
- Automating policy checks with SLIPs
- Integrating supply chain controls into deployment gates
Module 11: Policy as Code and Automated Compliance - Defining security and compliance policies in code
- Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego for policy logic
- Writing policies for cloud, IaC, and container configurations
- Integrating OPA with CI/CD pipelines
- Creating custom compliance packs for regulatory standards
- Generating audit-ready compliance evidence
- Automating policy updates across environments
- Testing policy logic with mock inputs
- Scaling policy enforcement across multiple teams
- Using Conftest for policy validation in CI
Module 12: Secure Deployment and Release Strategies - Designing secure blue/green and canary deployments
- Implementing automated rollback triggers
- Validating deployments with health checks and SLOs
- Securing deployment credentials and service accounts
- Using deployment events for audit trails
- Integrating security gates into release pipelines
- Using feature flags with secure rollouts
- Observing deployment impact with logging and telemetry
- Preventing unauthorised deployments with tooling controls
- Enforcing deployment windows and approval workflows
Module 13: Observability and Security Monitoring - Integrating logs, metrics, and traces into security analysis
- Using OpenTelemetry for consistent instrumentation
- Correlating build, deployment, and runtime events
- Establishing baseline behaviour for anomaly detection
- Monitoring CI/CD pipeline activity for suspicious behaviour
- Setting alerts for unauthorised configuration changes
- Tracking authentication and authorisation events
- Integrating DevSecOps telemetry into SIEM
- Creating dashboards for security posture visibility
- Using eBPF for deep system-level observability
Module 14: Identity and Access Management in CI/CD - Applying least privilege to service accounts
- Rotating CI/CD credentials automatically
- Using short-lived tokens and federated identity
- Configuring identity providers for CI tools
- Implementing just-in-time access for deployment tasks
- Enforcing MFA for administrative access
- Mapping identities to audit trails
- Using workload identity for cloud integrations
- Centralising access reviews and attestation
- Integrating IAM policies with CI pipelines
Module 15: Threat Modelling for DevSecOps - Applying STRIDE and PASTA to CI/CD systems
- Identifying attack surfaces in the pipeline
- Documenting data flows and trust boundaries
- Creating threat models for build infrastructure
- Using threat modelling tools like OWASP Threat Dragon
- Generating actionable mitigations from models
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Validating mitigations through testing and automation
- Updating threat models with system changes
- Prioritising risks based on exploitability and impact
Module 16: DevSecOps Metrics and Continuous Improvement - Defining key DevSecOps performance indicators
- Tracking mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Measuring security findings per build and deployment
- Monitoring SBOM completeness and accuracy
- Tracking policy compliance rates across environments
- Using DORA metrics with security enhancements
- Generating executive-level security dashboards
- Establishing feedback loops for tooling improvements
- Conducting post-incident reviews with action items
- Iterating on DevSecOps practices using data
Module 17: Real-World DevSecOps Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and implement a secure CI pipeline for a microservice
- Integrate SAST, SCA, and IaC scanning with pass/fail gates
- Automate SBOM generation and upload to a registry
- Enforce policy-as-code using OPA in pull requests
- Scan and sign container images before deployment
- Configure Vault for dynamic secrets in deployment jobs
- Implement secure Kubernetes deployment with network policies
- Generate and verify provenance using Sigstore
- Set up observability with OpenTelemetry and alerting
- Create compliance dashboard with audit-ready reports
Module 18: Organisational Adoption and Change Management - Overcoming resistance to DevSecOps integration
- Building cross-functional collaboration between teams
- Training engineers on secure coding and tooling
- Creating internal documentation and playbooks
- Establishing DevSecOps champions in engineering squads
- Migrating legacy systems to secure pipelines
- Scaling DevSecOps across multiple business units
- Measuring adoption and maturity with DevSecOps models
- Presenting progress to stakeholders and executives
- Creating a sustainable DevSecOps operating model
Module 19: Advanced DevSecOps Patterns and Optimisations - Parallelising security scans for faster pipelines
- Caching results to reduce redundant analysis
- Using pre-commit hooks for local security checks
- Implementing incremental scanning based on code changes
- Securing multi-region and hybrid cloud deployments
- Integrating AI-powered code assistants with security guardrails
- Using differential analysis to focus on new risks
- Automating exploit prediction based on vulnerability context
- Protecting AI model training pipelines
- Applying DevSecOps principles to DataOps and MLOps
Module 20: Certification and Career Advancement Strategy - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Reviewing core DevSecOps implementation concepts
- Documenting your final project for professional portfolio
- Verifying all learning outcomes have been met
- Submitting your completion package
- Earning your official Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to your LinkedIn and CV
- Leveraging the certificate in salary negotiations and promotions
- Joining a community of certified DevSecOps professionals
- Accessing exclusive job boards and leadership opportunities
- Securing Terraform, CloudFormation, and Pulumi configurations
- Analysing IaC for misconfigurations and drift
- Using Checkov and tfsec for policy validation
- Preventing over-provisioned IAM roles in templates
- Enforcing encryption, logging, and monitoring by default
- Validating network security group rules
- Scanning Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests
- Integrating IaC scanning into PR pipelines
- Automating drift detection and correction
- Using policy-as-code with Open Policy Agent (OPA)
Module 8: Secrets Management and Runtime Protection - Identifying and eliminating hardcoded secrets
- Using git-secrets and TruffleHog to scan repositories
- Integrating HashiCorp Vault into CI/CD workflows
- Dynamic secrets generation for pipeline jobs
- Short-lived credentials for containerised applications
- Securing Kubernetes secrets with external providers
- Runtime protection with sidecar proxies and service meshes
- Integrating Falco for runtime threat detection
- Monitoring for credential exfiltration and anomalous access
- Automating incident response for secrets leaks
Module 9: Container and Kubernetes Security - Signing and verifying container images with Cosign
- Scanning images for vulnerabilities with Trivy and Grype
- Implementing secure base images and minimal OS layers
- Applying least privilege to container capabilities
- Enforcing seccomp, AppArmor, and SELinux profiles
- Analysing Kubernetes configurations with Kube-bench
- Integrating Kyverno for policy enforcement
- Restricting pod privilege escalation
- Validating pod security standards (PSS) in CI
- Implementing network policies for microservices
Module 10: Supply Chain Security and Provenance - Understanding software supply chain threats
- Implementing SLSA framework for build integrity
- Generating and verifying provenance with Sigstore
- Signing artifacts with Fulcio and Rekor
- Establishing trusted build environments
- Verifying artifact lineage before deployment
- Using in-toto for supply chain integrity
- Enforcing artifact signing at the registry level
- Automating policy checks with SLIPs
- Integrating supply chain controls into deployment gates
Module 11: Policy as Code and Automated Compliance - Defining security and compliance policies in code
- Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego for policy logic
- Writing policies for cloud, IaC, and container configurations
- Integrating OPA with CI/CD pipelines
- Creating custom compliance packs for regulatory standards
- Generating audit-ready compliance evidence
- Automating policy updates across environments
- Testing policy logic with mock inputs
- Scaling policy enforcement across multiple teams
- Using Conftest for policy validation in CI
Module 12: Secure Deployment and Release Strategies - Designing secure blue/green and canary deployments
- Implementing automated rollback triggers
- Validating deployments with health checks and SLOs
- Securing deployment credentials and service accounts
- Using deployment events for audit trails
- Integrating security gates into release pipelines
- Using feature flags with secure rollouts
- Observing deployment impact with logging and telemetry
- Preventing unauthorised deployments with tooling controls
- Enforcing deployment windows and approval workflows
Module 13: Observability and Security Monitoring - Integrating logs, metrics, and traces into security analysis
- Using OpenTelemetry for consistent instrumentation
- Correlating build, deployment, and runtime events
- Establishing baseline behaviour for anomaly detection
- Monitoring CI/CD pipeline activity for suspicious behaviour
- Setting alerts for unauthorised configuration changes
- Tracking authentication and authorisation events
- Integrating DevSecOps telemetry into SIEM
- Creating dashboards for security posture visibility
- Using eBPF for deep system-level observability
Module 14: Identity and Access Management in CI/CD - Applying least privilege to service accounts
- Rotating CI/CD credentials automatically
- Using short-lived tokens and federated identity
- Configuring identity providers for CI tools
- Implementing just-in-time access for deployment tasks
- Enforcing MFA for administrative access
- Mapping identities to audit trails
- Using workload identity for cloud integrations
- Centralising access reviews and attestation
- Integrating IAM policies with CI pipelines
Module 15: Threat Modelling for DevSecOps - Applying STRIDE and PASTA to CI/CD systems
- Identifying attack surfaces in the pipeline
- Documenting data flows and trust boundaries
- Creating threat models for build infrastructure
- Using threat modelling tools like OWASP Threat Dragon
- Generating actionable mitigations from models
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Validating mitigations through testing and automation
- Updating threat models with system changes
- Prioritising risks based on exploitability and impact
Module 16: DevSecOps Metrics and Continuous Improvement - Defining key DevSecOps performance indicators
- Tracking mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Measuring security findings per build and deployment
- Monitoring SBOM completeness and accuracy
- Tracking policy compliance rates across environments
- Using DORA metrics with security enhancements
- Generating executive-level security dashboards
- Establishing feedback loops for tooling improvements
- Conducting post-incident reviews with action items
- Iterating on DevSecOps practices using data
Module 17: Real-World DevSecOps Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and implement a secure CI pipeline for a microservice
- Integrate SAST, SCA, and IaC scanning with pass/fail gates
- Automate SBOM generation and upload to a registry
- Enforce policy-as-code using OPA in pull requests
- Scan and sign container images before deployment
- Configure Vault for dynamic secrets in deployment jobs
- Implement secure Kubernetes deployment with network policies
- Generate and verify provenance using Sigstore
- Set up observability with OpenTelemetry and alerting
- Create compliance dashboard with audit-ready reports
Module 18: Organisational Adoption and Change Management - Overcoming resistance to DevSecOps integration
- Building cross-functional collaboration between teams
- Training engineers on secure coding and tooling
- Creating internal documentation and playbooks
- Establishing DevSecOps champions in engineering squads
- Migrating legacy systems to secure pipelines
- Scaling DevSecOps across multiple business units
- Measuring adoption and maturity with DevSecOps models
- Presenting progress to stakeholders and executives
- Creating a sustainable DevSecOps operating model
Module 19: Advanced DevSecOps Patterns and Optimisations - Parallelising security scans for faster pipelines
- Caching results to reduce redundant analysis
- Using pre-commit hooks for local security checks
- Implementing incremental scanning based on code changes
- Securing multi-region and hybrid cloud deployments
- Integrating AI-powered code assistants with security guardrails
- Using differential analysis to focus on new risks
- Automating exploit prediction based on vulnerability context
- Protecting AI model training pipelines
- Applying DevSecOps principles to DataOps and MLOps
Module 20: Certification and Career Advancement Strategy - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Reviewing core DevSecOps implementation concepts
- Documenting your final project for professional portfolio
- Verifying all learning outcomes have been met
- Submitting your completion package
- Earning your official Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to your LinkedIn and CV
- Leveraging the certificate in salary negotiations and promotions
- Joining a community of certified DevSecOps professionals
- Accessing exclusive job boards and leadership opportunities
- Signing and verifying container images with Cosign
- Scanning images for vulnerabilities with Trivy and Grype
- Implementing secure base images and minimal OS layers
- Applying least privilege to container capabilities
- Enforcing seccomp, AppArmor, and SELinux profiles
- Analysing Kubernetes configurations with Kube-bench
- Integrating Kyverno for policy enforcement
- Restricting pod privilege escalation
- Validating pod security standards (PSS) in CI
- Implementing network policies for microservices
Module 10: Supply Chain Security and Provenance - Understanding software supply chain threats
- Implementing SLSA framework for build integrity
- Generating and verifying provenance with Sigstore
- Signing artifacts with Fulcio and Rekor
- Establishing trusted build environments
- Verifying artifact lineage before deployment
- Using in-toto for supply chain integrity
- Enforcing artifact signing at the registry level
- Automating policy checks with SLIPs
- Integrating supply chain controls into deployment gates
Module 11: Policy as Code and Automated Compliance - Defining security and compliance policies in code
- Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego for policy logic
- Writing policies for cloud, IaC, and container configurations
- Integrating OPA with CI/CD pipelines
- Creating custom compliance packs for regulatory standards
- Generating audit-ready compliance evidence
- Automating policy updates across environments
- Testing policy logic with mock inputs
- Scaling policy enforcement across multiple teams
- Using Conftest for policy validation in CI
Module 12: Secure Deployment and Release Strategies - Designing secure blue/green and canary deployments
- Implementing automated rollback triggers
- Validating deployments with health checks and SLOs
- Securing deployment credentials and service accounts
- Using deployment events for audit trails
- Integrating security gates into release pipelines
- Using feature flags with secure rollouts
- Observing deployment impact with logging and telemetry
- Preventing unauthorised deployments with tooling controls
- Enforcing deployment windows and approval workflows
Module 13: Observability and Security Monitoring - Integrating logs, metrics, and traces into security analysis
- Using OpenTelemetry for consistent instrumentation
- Correlating build, deployment, and runtime events
- Establishing baseline behaviour for anomaly detection
- Monitoring CI/CD pipeline activity for suspicious behaviour
- Setting alerts for unauthorised configuration changes
- Tracking authentication and authorisation events
- Integrating DevSecOps telemetry into SIEM
- Creating dashboards for security posture visibility
- Using eBPF for deep system-level observability
Module 14: Identity and Access Management in CI/CD - Applying least privilege to service accounts
- Rotating CI/CD credentials automatically
- Using short-lived tokens and federated identity
- Configuring identity providers for CI tools
- Implementing just-in-time access for deployment tasks
- Enforcing MFA for administrative access
- Mapping identities to audit trails
- Using workload identity for cloud integrations
- Centralising access reviews and attestation
- Integrating IAM policies with CI pipelines
Module 15: Threat Modelling for DevSecOps - Applying STRIDE and PASTA to CI/CD systems
- Identifying attack surfaces in the pipeline
- Documenting data flows and trust boundaries
- Creating threat models for build infrastructure
- Using threat modelling tools like OWASP Threat Dragon
- Generating actionable mitigations from models
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Validating mitigations through testing and automation
- Updating threat models with system changes
- Prioritising risks based on exploitability and impact
Module 16: DevSecOps Metrics and Continuous Improvement - Defining key DevSecOps performance indicators
- Tracking mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Measuring security findings per build and deployment
- Monitoring SBOM completeness and accuracy
- Tracking policy compliance rates across environments
- Using DORA metrics with security enhancements
- Generating executive-level security dashboards
- Establishing feedback loops for tooling improvements
- Conducting post-incident reviews with action items
- Iterating on DevSecOps practices using data
Module 17: Real-World DevSecOps Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and implement a secure CI pipeline for a microservice
- Integrate SAST, SCA, and IaC scanning with pass/fail gates
- Automate SBOM generation and upload to a registry
- Enforce policy-as-code using OPA in pull requests
- Scan and sign container images before deployment
- Configure Vault for dynamic secrets in deployment jobs
- Implement secure Kubernetes deployment with network policies
- Generate and verify provenance using Sigstore
- Set up observability with OpenTelemetry and alerting
- Create compliance dashboard with audit-ready reports
Module 18: Organisational Adoption and Change Management - Overcoming resistance to DevSecOps integration
- Building cross-functional collaboration between teams
- Training engineers on secure coding and tooling
- Creating internal documentation and playbooks
- Establishing DevSecOps champions in engineering squads
- Migrating legacy systems to secure pipelines
- Scaling DevSecOps across multiple business units
- Measuring adoption and maturity with DevSecOps models
- Presenting progress to stakeholders and executives
- Creating a sustainable DevSecOps operating model
Module 19: Advanced DevSecOps Patterns and Optimisations - Parallelising security scans for faster pipelines
- Caching results to reduce redundant analysis
- Using pre-commit hooks for local security checks
- Implementing incremental scanning based on code changes
- Securing multi-region and hybrid cloud deployments
- Integrating AI-powered code assistants with security guardrails
- Using differential analysis to focus on new risks
- Automating exploit prediction based on vulnerability context
- Protecting AI model training pipelines
- Applying DevSecOps principles to DataOps and MLOps
Module 20: Certification and Career Advancement Strategy - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Reviewing core DevSecOps implementation concepts
- Documenting your final project for professional portfolio
- Verifying all learning outcomes have been met
- Submitting your completion package
- Earning your official Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to your LinkedIn and CV
- Leveraging the certificate in salary negotiations and promotions
- Joining a community of certified DevSecOps professionals
- Accessing exclusive job boards and leadership opportunities
- Defining security and compliance policies in code
- Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego for policy logic
- Writing policies for cloud, IaC, and container configurations
- Integrating OPA with CI/CD pipelines
- Creating custom compliance packs for regulatory standards
- Generating audit-ready compliance evidence
- Automating policy updates across environments
- Testing policy logic with mock inputs
- Scaling policy enforcement across multiple teams
- Using Conftest for policy validation in CI
Module 12: Secure Deployment and Release Strategies - Designing secure blue/green and canary deployments
- Implementing automated rollback triggers
- Validating deployments with health checks and SLOs
- Securing deployment credentials and service accounts
- Using deployment events for audit trails
- Integrating security gates into release pipelines
- Using feature flags with secure rollouts
- Observing deployment impact with logging and telemetry
- Preventing unauthorised deployments with tooling controls
- Enforcing deployment windows and approval workflows
Module 13: Observability and Security Monitoring - Integrating logs, metrics, and traces into security analysis
- Using OpenTelemetry for consistent instrumentation
- Correlating build, deployment, and runtime events
- Establishing baseline behaviour for anomaly detection
- Monitoring CI/CD pipeline activity for suspicious behaviour
- Setting alerts for unauthorised configuration changes
- Tracking authentication and authorisation events
- Integrating DevSecOps telemetry into SIEM
- Creating dashboards for security posture visibility
- Using eBPF for deep system-level observability
Module 14: Identity and Access Management in CI/CD - Applying least privilege to service accounts
- Rotating CI/CD credentials automatically
- Using short-lived tokens and federated identity
- Configuring identity providers for CI tools
- Implementing just-in-time access for deployment tasks
- Enforcing MFA for administrative access
- Mapping identities to audit trails
- Using workload identity for cloud integrations
- Centralising access reviews and attestation
- Integrating IAM policies with CI pipelines
Module 15: Threat Modelling for DevSecOps - Applying STRIDE and PASTA to CI/CD systems
- Identifying attack surfaces in the pipeline
- Documenting data flows and trust boundaries
- Creating threat models for build infrastructure
- Using threat modelling tools like OWASP Threat Dragon
- Generating actionable mitigations from models
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Validating mitigations through testing and automation
- Updating threat models with system changes
- Prioritising risks based on exploitability and impact
Module 16: DevSecOps Metrics and Continuous Improvement - Defining key DevSecOps performance indicators
- Tracking mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Measuring security findings per build and deployment
- Monitoring SBOM completeness and accuracy
- Tracking policy compliance rates across environments
- Using DORA metrics with security enhancements
- Generating executive-level security dashboards
- Establishing feedback loops for tooling improvements
- Conducting post-incident reviews with action items
- Iterating on DevSecOps practices using data
Module 17: Real-World DevSecOps Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and implement a secure CI pipeline for a microservice
- Integrate SAST, SCA, and IaC scanning with pass/fail gates
- Automate SBOM generation and upload to a registry
- Enforce policy-as-code using OPA in pull requests
- Scan and sign container images before deployment
- Configure Vault for dynamic secrets in deployment jobs
- Implement secure Kubernetes deployment with network policies
- Generate and verify provenance using Sigstore
- Set up observability with OpenTelemetry and alerting
- Create compliance dashboard with audit-ready reports
Module 18: Organisational Adoption and Change Management - Overcoming resistance to DevSecOps integration
- Building cross-functional collaboration between teams
- Training engineers on secure coding and tooling
- Creating internal documentation and playbooks
- Establishing DevSecOps champions in engineering squads
- Migrating legacy systems to secure pipelines
- Scaling DevSecOps across multiple business units
- Measuring adoption and maturity with DevSecOps models
- Presenting progress to stakeholders and executives
- Creating a sustainable DevSecOps operating model
Module 19: Advanced DevSecOps Patterns and Optimisations - Parallelising security scans for faster pipelines
- Caching results to reduce redundant analysis
- Using pre-commit hooks for local security checks
- Implementing incremental scanning based on code changes
- Securing multi-region and hybrid cloud deployments
- Integrating AI-powered code assistants with security guardrails
- Using differential analysis to focus on new risks
- Automating exploit prediction based on vulnerability context
- Protecting AI model training pipelines
- Applying DevSecOps principles to DataOps and MLOps
Module 20: Certification and Career Advancement Strategy - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Reviewing core DevSecOps implementation concepts
- Documenting your final project for professional portfolio
- Verifying all learning outcomes have been met
- Submitting your completion package
- Earning your official Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to your LinkedIn and CV
- Leveraging the certificate in salary negotiations and promotions
- Joining a community of certified DevSecOps professionals
- Accessing exclusive job boards and leadership opportunities
- Integrating logs, metrics, and traces into security analysis
- Using OpenTelemetry for consistent instrumentation
- Correlating build, deployment, and runtime events
- Establishing baseline behaviour for anomaly detection
- Monitoring CI/CD pipeline activity for suspicious behaviour
- Setting alerts for unauthorised configuration changes
- Tracking authentication and authorisation events
- Integrating DevSecOps telemetry into SIEM
- Creating dashboards for security posture visibility
- Using eBPF for deep system-level observability
Module 14: Identity and Access Management in CI/CD - Applying least privilege to service accounts
- Rotating CI/CD credentials automatically
- Using short-lived tokens and federated identity
- Configuring identity providers for CI tools
- Implementing just-in-time access for deployment tasks
- Enforcing MFA for administrative access
- Mapping identities to audit trails
- Using workload identity for cloud integrations
- Centralising access reviews and attestation
- Integrating IAM policies with CI pipelines
Module 15: Threat Modelling for DevSecOps - Applying STRIDE and PASTA to CI/CD systems
- Identifying attack surfaces in the pipeline
- Documenting data flows and trust boundaries
- Creating threat models for build infrastructure
- Using threat modelling tools like OWASP Threat Dragon
- Generating actionable mitigations from models
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Validating mitigations through testing and automation
- Updating threat models with system changes
- Prioritising risks based on exploitability and impact
Module 16: DevSecOps Metrics and Continuous Improvement - Defining key DevSecOps performance indicators
- Tracking mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Measuring security findings per build and deployment
- Monitoring SBOM completeness and accuracy
- Tracking policy compliance rates across environments
- Using DORA metrics with security enhancements
- Generating executive-level security dashboards
- Establishing feedback loops for tooling improvements
- Conducting post-incident reviews with action items
- Iterating on DevSecOps practices using data
Module 17: Real-World DevSecOps Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and implement a secure CI pipeline for a microservice
- Integrate SAST, SCA, and IaC scanning with pass/fail gates
- Automate SBOM generation and upload to a registry
- Enforce policy-as-code using OPA in pull requests
- Scan and sign container images before deployment
- Configure Vault for dynamic secrets in deployment jobs
- Implement secure Kubernetes deployment with network policies
- Generate and verify provenance using Sigstore
- Set up observability with OpenTelemetry and alerting
- Create compliance dashboard with audit-ready reports
Module 18: Organisational Adoption and Change Management - Overcoming resistance to DevSecOps integration
- Building cross-functional collaboration between teams
- Training engineers on secure coding and tooling
- Creating internal documentation and playbooks
- Establishing DevSecOps champions in engineering squads
- Migrating legacy systems to secure pipelines
- Scaling DevSecOps across multiple business units
- Measuring adoption and maturity with DevSecOps models
- Presenting progress to stakeholders and executives
- Creating a sustainable DevSecOps operating model
Module 19: Advanced DevSecOps Patterns and Optimisations - Parallelising security scans for faster pipelines
- Caching results to reduce redundant analysis
- Using pre-commit hooks for local security checks
- Implementing incremental scanning based on code changes
- Securing multi-region and hybrid cloud deployments
- Integrating AI-powered code assistants with security guardrails
- Using differential analysis to focus on new risks
- Automating exploit prediction based on vulnerability context
- Protecting AI model training pipelines
- Applying DevSecOps principles to DataOps and MLOps
Module 20: Certification and Career Advancement Strategy - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Reviewing core DevSecOps implementation concepts
- Documenting your final project for professional portfolio
- Verifying all learning outcomes have been met
- Submitting your completion package
- Earning your official Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to your LinkedIn and CV
- Leveraging the certificate in salary negotiations and promotions
- Joining a community of certified DevSecOps professionals
- Accessing exclusive job boards and leadership opportunities
- Applying STRIDE and PASTA to CI/CD systems
- Identifying attack surfaces in the pipeline
- Documenting data flows and trust boundaries
- Creating threat models for build infrastructure
- Using threat modelling tools like OWASP Threat Dragon
- Generating actionable mitigations from models
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Validating mitigations through testing and automation
- Updating threat models with system changes
- Prioritising risks based on exploitability and impact
Module 16: DevSecOps Metrics and Continuous Improvement - Defining key DevSecOps performance indicators
- Tracking mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Measuring security findings per build and deployment
- Monitoring SBOM completeness and accuracy
- Tracking policy compliance rates across environments
- Using DORA metrics with security enhancements
- Generating executive-level security dashboards
- Establishing feedback loops for tooling improvements
- Conducting post-incident reviews with action items
- Iterating on DevSecOps practices using data
Module 17: Real-World DevSecOps Implementation Projects - Project 1: Design and implement a secure CI pipeline for a microservice
- Integrate SAST, SCA, and IaC scanning with pass/fail gates
- Automate SBOM generation and upload to a registry
- Enforce policy-as-code using OPA in pull requests
- Scan and sign container images before deployment
- Configure Vault for dynamic secrets in deployment jobs
- Implement secure Kubernetes deployment with network policies
- Generate and verify provenance using Sigstore
- Set up observability with OpenTelemetry and alerting
- Create compliance dashboard with audit-ready reports
Module 18: Organisational Adoption and Change Management - Overcoming resistance to DevSecOps integration
- Building cross-functional collaboration between teams
- Training engineers on secure coding and tooling
- Creating internal documentation and playbooks
- Establishing DevSecOps champions in engineering squads
- Migrating legacy systems to secure pipelines
- Scaling DevSecOps across multiple business units
- Measuring adoption and maturity with DevSecOps models
- Presenting progress to stakeholders and executives
- Creating a sustainable DevSecOps operating model
Module 19: Advanced DevSecOps Patterns and Optimisations - Parallelising security scans for faster pipelines
- Caching results to reduce redundant analysis
- Using pre-commit hooks for local security checks
- Implementing incremental scanning based on code changes
- Securing multi-region and hybrid cloud deployments
- Integrating AI-powered code assistants with security guardrails
- Using differential analysis to focus on new risks
- Automating exploit prediction based on vulnerability context
- Protecting AI model training pipelines
- Applying DevSecOps principles to DataOps and MLOps
Module 20: Certification and Career Advancement Strategy - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Reviewing core DevSecOps implementation concepts
- Documenting your final project for professional portfolio
- Verifying all learning outcomes have been met
- Submitting your completion package
- Earning your official Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to your LinkedIn and CV
- Leveraging the certificate in salary negotiations and promotions
- Joining a community of certified DevSecOps professionals
- Accessing exclusive job boards and leadership opportunities
- Project 1: Design and implement a secure CI pipeline for a microservice
- Integrate SAST, SCA, and IaC scanning with pass/fail gates
- Automate SBOM generation and upload to a registry
- Enforce policy-as-code using OPA in pull requests
- Scan and sign container images before deployment
- Configure Vault for dynamic secrets in deployment jobs
- Implement secure Kubernetes deployment with network policies
- Generate and verify provenance using Sigstore
- Set up observability with OpenTelemetry and alerting
- Create compliance dashboard with audit-ready reports
Module 18: Organisational Adoption and Change Management - Overcoming resistance to DevSecOps integration
- Building cross-functional collaboration between teams
- Training engineers on secure coding and tooling
- Creating internal documentation and playbooks
- Establishing DevSecOps champions in engineering squads
- Migrating legacy systems to secure pipelines
- Scaling DevSecOps across multiple business units
- Measuring adoption and maturity with DevSecOps models
- Presenting progress to stakeholders and executives
- Creating a sustainable DevSecOps operating model
Module 19: Advanced DevSecOps Patterns and Optimisations - Parallelising security scans for faster pipelines
- Caching results to reduce redundant analysis
- Using pre-commit hooks for local security checks
- Implementing incremental scanning based on code changes
- Securing multi-region and hybrid cloud deployments
- Integrating AI-powered code assistants with security guardrails
- Using differential analysis to focus on new risks
- Automating exploit prediction based on vulnerability context
- Protecting AI model training pipelines
- Applying DevSecOps principles to DataOps and MLOps
Module 20: Certification and Career Advancement Strategy - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Reviewing core DevSecOps implementation concepts
- Documenting your final project for professional portfolio
- Verifying all learning outcomes have been met
- Submitting your completion package
- Earning your official Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Adding the credential to your LinkedIn and CV
- Leveraging the certificate in salary negotiations and promotions
- Joining a community of certified DevSecOps professionals
- Accessing exclusive job boards and leadership opportunities
- Parallelising security scans for faster pipelines
- Caching results to reduce redundant analysis
- Using pre-commit hooks for local security checks
- Implementing incremental scanning based on code changes
- Securing multi-region and hybrid cloud deployments
- Integrating AI-powered code assistants with security guardrails
- Using differential analysis to focus on new risks
- Automating exploit prediction based on vulnerability context
- Protecting AI model training pipelines
- Applying DevSecOps principles to DataOps and MLOps