Mastering Open Source Security for Enterprise DevOps
You're under pressure. Every sprint introduces new open source components. Every build increases your attack surface. A single overlooked vulnerability in a dependency could trigger a breach that costs millions, damages your reputation, and halts deployments enterprise-wide. You're not just managing pipelines anymore. You're on the front lines of security. Yet most DevOps engineers were never trained to spot, assess, or remediate open source risk with enterprise-grade precision. That’s why Mastering Open Source Security for Enterprise DevOps exists. This isn’t theoretical training. It’s a battle-tested system designed to take you from reactive patching to proactive, scalable security mastery-delivering a fully audited, hardened CI/CD pipeline with embedded compliance guardrails in under 30 days. One senior DevSecOps lead at a Fortune 500 tech company used this exact framework to reduce critical CVEs in production pipelines by 92% within six weeks. Her team now ships faster-and their security audit passed with zero findings for the first time in three years. This is your blueprint to go from stressed and stretched to strategically secure. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Flexible, Future-Proof, and Built for High-Impact Results This course is self-paced, with immediate online access upon enrollment. You control when, where, and how fast you learn-no deadlines, no mandatory sessions, no rigid schedules. What You Get
- On-demand access, available 24/7 from any device, anywhere in the world
- Mobile-friendly design-learn during downtime, between sprints, or from your tablet at home
- Lifetime access to all course materials, including all future updates at no additional cost
- Direct instructor support via structured guidance channels and curated feedback loops
- A globally recognised Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service, verifiable and career-advancing
Most learners implement their first fully secured pipeline audit within 14 days. Full mastery and deployment of enterprise-grade controls typically take 4–6 weeks of part-time engagement, fitting seamlessly into your existing workload. Peace of Mind, Guaranteed
We remove all risk with our comprehensive satisfaction guarantee. If you complete the course and don’t achieve measurable improvements in your pipeline security posture, you’re eligible for a full refund. No questions asked. Pricing is straightforward and transparent-no hidden fees, no upsells, no subscription traps. What you see is exactly what you pay. Secure checkout accepts all major payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal. After enrollment, you will receive a confirmation email. Once your access details are finalised, your login credentials and course entry instructions will be sent separately. This Works Even If…
You’re not a security specialist. This course was designed by DevOps leads who transitioned into DevSecOps-precisely so they could teach security in a language that resonates with practitioners, not compliance officers. - You’ve never run a SCA scan in your pipeline
- Your organisation lacks a dedicated security team
- You’re auditing legacy codebases riddled with outdated dependencies
- You need to justify security changes to management with hard ROI
One principal engineer at a major financial institution told us: “I was drowning in false positives and audit tickets. After Module 3, I automated policy enforcement and cut remediation time by 70%. I now lead our OSS risk council.” This is not just training. It’s your career leverage. You gain clarity, confidence, and capability-on your terms, at your pace, with guaranteed results.
Module 1: Foundations of Open Source in the Enterprise - The evolution of open source adoption in large-scale software delivery
- Why traditional security models fail in modern DevOps environments
- Understanding the shared responsibility model: Dev, Ops, Sec
- Common misconceptions about licensing and security in OSS
- Mapping open source usage across microservices and monoliths
- Identifying hidden risks in transitive dependencies
- The role of SBOMs in enterprise transparency
- Differentiating between permissive, copyleft, and reciprocal licenses
- Calculating technical debt introduced by unmaintained packages
- Using metadata analysis to evaluate project health and community support
Module 2: Threat Landscape and Risk Assessment Frameworks - Top 10 open source attack vectors facing enterprise DevOps
- Case study: Supply chain compromise via malicious npm package injection
- Understanding deep dependency trees and risk propagation
- CVSS scoring: Interpreting severity beyond the headline number
- EPSS and CISA KEV: Leveraging real-world exploit data for prioritisation
- Conducting risk triage: Criticality vs. exposure vs. exploitability
- Integrating business context into vulnerability scoring
- Asset criticality mapping: What systems are truly at risk?
- Developing an enterprise risk appetite statement for open source
- Building a risk register tailored to DevOps workflows
Module 3: Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) Mastery - What is an SBOM and why every enterprise must generate one
- Comparing SPDX, CycloneDX, and SWID tag formats
- Automating SBOM generation in CI pipelines with Syft and Cyclonedx-maven
- Validating SBOM completeness and accuracy
- Storing and versioning SBOMs alongside code artifacts
- Using SBOMs for compliance reporting (e.g. FDA, CISA)
- Chain of custody: Ensuring SBOM integrity from build to deployment
- Automated SBOM validation gates in pull requests
- Integrating SBOM data with GRC and ITSM platforms
- Creating visual dependency graphs from SBOM outputs
Module 4: Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Integration - Selecting SAST tools compatible with modern languages and frameworks
- Configuring rule sets for minimal false positives
- Embedding SAST into GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
- Scoping scans to changed files only for speed
- Managing scan exclusions with policy-based approvals
- Interpreting SAST results in context of code ownership
- Automated triage: Tagging and routing findings to owners
- Generating executive summaries from SAST data
- Benchmarking SAST coverage across teams and repos
- Integrating SAST results into security dashboards
Module 5: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Deep Dive - How SCA differs from traditional vulnerability scanning
- Choosing between commercial and open source SCA solutions
- Analysing license compliance risks in real time
- Configuring policy thresholds for blocking builds
- Handling indirect or transitive dependency risks
- Automating license approval workflows
- Assessing project abandonment risk using freshness metrics
- Correlating SCA findings with public exploit databases
- Implementing conditional ignore policies with audit trails
- Creating custom vulnerability suppression templates
Module 6: Dynamic Analysis and Runtime Protection - Monitoring open source components in running containers
- Integrating DAST into staging environments
- Using eBPF for real-time runtime vulnerability detection
- Instrumenting applications with open source visibility agents
- Detecting abnormal behaviour in third-party libraries
- Implementing automatic containment for risky components
- Generating runtime SBOMs using Falco or similar tools
- Mapping library usage to actual execution paths
- Reducing noise with context-aware alerting
- Feeding runtime findings back into development feedback loops
Module 7: Policy as Code for Open Source Governance - Writing reusable security policies in Rego (Open Policy Agent)
- Creating approval workflows for license exceptions
- Enforcing minimum version requirements across teams
- Automating approval escalations for high-risk components
- Version pinning: When to enforce, when to allow flexibility
- Building organisational baselines for permitted libraries
- Managing policy drift across multiple CI systems
- Generating policy compliance reports for auditors
- Integrating policy decisions with issue tracking systems
- Rolling out policy changes with canary adoption
Module 8: CI/CD Pipeline Hardening Techniques - Securing CI runners from dependency confusion attacks
- Isolating build environments with ephemeral containers
- Signing artifacts using Sigstore and cosign
- Verifying provenance with in-toto attestations
- Implementing read-only dependency caches
- Preventing credential leakage in dependency resolution logs
- Auditing pipeline configuration changes with drift detection
- Using immutable base images for consistent builds
- Protecting against typosquatting in package managers
- Enabling 2FA enforcement for package publishing accounts
Module 9: Container Security and Immutable Images - Analysing open source components within Docker layers
- Scanning container images during build time
- Enforcing minimal base images (e.g. distroless, scratch)
- Removing non-essential binaries and shells from images
- Implementing non-root user execution by default
- Automating CVE scanning with Trivy, Grype, and Clair
- Generating vulnerability reports as part of image metadata
- Blocking image promotion with high-severity findings
- Implementing signed image verification in Kubernetes
- Using KSPs to enforce container security policies
Module 10: Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Security Patterns - Securing Helm charts with provenance checking
- Auditing open source operators for vulnerabilities
- Protecting cluster-level dependencies (CNI, CSI plugins)
- Monitoring open source controller managers for anomalous behaviour
- Enforcing pod security policies based on image source
- Tracking open source usage across namespaces and teams
- Integrating OPA/Gatekeeper for admission control
- Validating third-party CRDs against known threat models
- Automating configuration drift detection in K8s manifests
- Generating compliance evidence packs for cloud audits
Module 11: Automation and Orchestration at Scale - Building centralised dashboard for open source risk visibility
- Aggregating findings from multiple tools and repos
- Creating custom enrichment scripts for vulnerability context
- Automated ticket creation in Jira based on policy violations
- Routing critical findings to on-call engineers via PagerDuty
- Scheduling periodic re-scans of archived repositories
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot and Renovate
- Generating weekly risk summary emails for engineering leads
- Orchestrating coordinated patching across service boundaries
- Implementing feedback loops from production incidents
Module 12: Incident Response for Open Source Compromises - Developing playbooks for zero-day vulnerabilities (e.g. Log4Shell)
- Creating emergency patching workflows without breaking CI
- Identifying affected services using real-time dependency mapping
- Coordinating disclosure and remediation across teams
- Escalating to legal and PR for brand-impacting vulnerabilities
- Preserving forensic evidence from build logs
- Conducting post-mortems with security and DevOps leadership
- Updating policies to prevent recurrence
- Communicating remediation status to stakeholders
- Benchmarks for mean time to detect and respond
Module 13: Auditing and Compliance Automation - Aligning open source practices with ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST
- Automating evidence collection for annual audits
- Generating SBOMs on demand for regulators
- Proving continuous compliance with dashboard reporting
- Mapping controls to specific frameworks and clauses
- Managing access to audit artifacts with role-based permissions
- Creating immutable logs for policy enforcement actions
- Integrating with third-party GRC platforms like RSA Archer
- Preparing for software attestation requirements (e.g. EO 14028)
- Reducing audit preparation time from weeks to hours
Module 14: Culture, Process, and Cross-Team Collaboration - Building shared ownership of open source risk
- Training developers to make secure dependency choices
- Creating feedback loops between security and engineering
- Establishing champion networks across product teams
- Setting KPIs for open source security maturity
- Reporting progress to executive leadership and boards
- Reducing friction in security review processes
- Aligning incentives across Dev, Sec, and Ops
- Conducting secure coding workshops with real examples
- Scaling best practices without creating bottlenecks
Module 15: Certification, Continuous Improvement, and Next Steps - Preparing for the final assessment: Secure Pipeline Audit Project
- Submitting your completed pipeline configuration for review
- Receiving detailed feedback from expert evaluators
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Verifying your credential via official lookup portal
- Adding the certification to your LinkedIn profile
- Accessing advanced playbooks for ongoing learning
- Joining the alumni network for peer support
- Receiving quarterly updates on emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access to updated content, templates, and frameworks
- The evolution of open source adoption in large-scale software delivery
- Why traditional security models fail in modern DevOps environments
- Understanding the shared responsibility model: Dev, Ops, Sec
- Common misconceptions about licensing and security in OSS
- Mapping open source usage across microservices and monoliths
- Identifying hidden risks in transitive dependencies
- The role of SBOMs in enterprise transparency
- Differentiating between permissive, copyleft, and reciprocal licenses
- Calculating technical debt introduced by unmaintained packages
- Using metadata analysis to evaluate project health and community support
Module 2: Threat Landscape and Risk Assessment Frameworks - Top 10 open source attack vectors facing enterprise DevOps
- Case study: Supply chain compromise via malicious npm package injection
- Understanding deep dependency trees and risk propagation
- CVSS scoring: Interpreting severity beyond the headline number
- EPSS and CISA KEV: Leveraging real-world exploit data for prioritisation
- Conducting risk triage: Criticality vs. exposure vs. exploitability
- Integrating business context into vulnerability scoring
- Asset criticality mapping: What systems are truly at risk?
- Developing an enterprise risk appetite statement for open source
- Building a risk register tailored to DevOps workflows
Module 3: Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) Mastery - What is an SBOM and why every enterprise must generate one
- Comparing SPDX, CycloneDX, and SWID tag formats
- Automating SBOM generation in CI pipelines with Syft and Cyclonedx-maven
- Validating SBOM completeness and accuracy
- Storing and versioning SBOMs alongside code artifacts
- Using SBOMs for compliance reporting (e.g. FDA, CISA)
- Chain of custody: Ensuring SBOM integrity from build to deployment
- Automated SBOM validation gates in pull requests
- Integrating SBOM data with GRC and ITSM platforms
- Creating visual dependency graphs from SBOM outputs
Module 4: Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Integration - Selecting SAST tools compatible with modern languages and frameworks
- Configuring rule sets for minimal false positives
- Embedding SAST into GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
- Scoping scans to changed files only for speed
- Managing scan exclusions with policy-based approvals
- Interpreting SAST results in context of code ownership
- Automated triage: Tagging and routing findings to owners
- Generating executive summaries from SAST data
- Benchmarking SAST coverage across teams and repos
- Integrating SAST results into security dashboards
Module 5: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Deep Dive - How SCA differs from traditional vulnerability scanning
- Choosing between commercial and open source SCA solutions
- Analysing license compliance risks in real time
- Configuring policy thresholds for blocking builds
- Handling indirect or transitive dependency risks
- Automating license approval workflows
- Assessing project abandonment risk using freshness metrics
- Correlating SCA findings with public exploit databases
- Implementing conditional ignore policies with audit trails
- Creating custom vulnerability suppression templates
Module 6: Dynamic Analysis and Runtime Protection - Monitoring open source components in running containers
- Integrating DAST into staging environments
- Using eBPF for real-time runtime vulnerability detection
- Instrumenting applications with open source visibility agents
- Detecting abnormal behaviour in third-party libraries
- Implementing automatic containment for risky components
- Generating runtime SBOMs using Falco or similar tools
- Mapping library usage to actual execution paths
- Reducing noise with context-aware alerting
- Feeding runtime findings back into development feedback loops
Module 7: Policy as Code for Open Source Governance - Writing reusable security policies in Rego (Open Policy Agent)
- Creating approval workflows for license exceptions
- Enforcing minimum version requirements across teams
- Automating approval escalations for high-risk components
- Version pinning: When to enforce, when to allow flexibility
- Building organisational baselines for permitted libraries
- Managing policy drift across multiple CI systems
- Generating policy compliance reports for auditors
- Integrating policy decisions with issue tracking systems
- Rolling out policy changes with canary adoption
Module 8: CI/CD Pipeline Hardening Techniques - Securing CI runners from dependency confusion attacks
- Isolating build environments with ephemeral containers
- Signing artifacts using Sigstore and cosign
- Verifying provenance with in-toto attestations
- Implementing read-only dependency caches
- Preventing credential leakage in dependency resolution logs
- Auditing pipeline configuration changes with drift detection
- Using immutable base images for consistent builds
- Protecting against typosquatting in package managers
- Enabling 2FA enforcement for package publishing accounts
Module 9: Container Security and Immutable Images - Analysing open source components within Docker layers
- Scanning container images during build time
- Enforcing minimal base images (e.g. distroless, scratch)
- Removing non-essential binaries and shells from images
- Implementing non-root user execution by default
- Automating CVE scanning with Trivy, Grype, and Clair
- Generating vulnerability reports as part of image metadata
- Blocking image promotion with high-severity findings
- Implementing signed image verification in Kubernetes
- Using KSPs to enforce container security policies
Module 10: Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Security Patterns - Securing Helm charts with provenance checking
- Auditing open source operators for vulnerabilities
- Protecting cluster-level dependencies (CNI, CSI plugins)
- Monitoring open source controller managers for anomalous behaviour
- Enforcing pod security policies based on image source
- Tracking open source usage across namespaces and teams
- Integrating OPA/Gatekeeper for admission control
- Validating third-party CRDs against known threat models
- Automating configuration drift detection in K8s manifests
- Generating compliance evidence packs for cloud audits
Module 11: Automation and Orchestration at Scale - Building centralised dashboard for open source risk visibility
- Aggregating findings from multiple tools and repos
- Creating custom enrichment scripts for vulnerability context
- Automated ticket creation in Jira based on policy violations
- Routing critical findings to on-call engineers via PagerDuty
- Scheduling periodic re-scans of archived repositories
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot and Renovate
- Generating weekly risk summary emails for engineering leads
- Orchestrating coordinated patching across service boundaries
- Implementing feedback loops from production incidents
Module 12: Incident Response for Open Source Compromises - Developing playbooks for zero-day vulnerabilities (e.g. Log4Shell)
- Creating emergency patching workflows without breaking CI
- Identifying affected services using real-time dependency mapping
- Coordinating disclosure and remediation across teams
- Escalating to legal and PR for brand-impacting vulnerabilities
- Preserving forensic evidence from build logs
- Conducting post-mortems with security and DevOps leadership
- Updating policies to prevent recurrence
- Communicating remediation status to stakeholders
- Benchmarks for mean time to detect and respond
Module 13: Auditing and Compliance Automation - Aligning open source practices with ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST
- Automating evidence collection for annual audits
- Generating SBOMs on demand for regulators
- Proving continuous compliance with dashboard reporting
- Mapping controls to specific frameworks and clauses
- Managing access to audit artifacts with role-based permissions
- Creating immutable logs for policy enforcement actions
- Integrating with third-party GRC platforms like RSA Archer
- Preparing for software attestation requirements (e.g. EO 14028)
- Reducing audit preparation time from weeks to hours
Module 14: Culture, Process, and Cross-Team Collaboration - Building shared ownership of open source risk
- Training developers to make secure dependency choices
- Creating feedback loops between security and engineering
- Establishing champion networks across product teams
- Setting KPIs for open source security maturity
- Reporting progress to executive leadership and boards
- Reducing friction in security review processes
- Aligning incentives across Dev, Sec, and Ops
- Conducting secure coding workshops with real examples
- Scaling best practices without creating bottlenecks
Module 15: Certification, Continuous Improvement, and Next Steps - Preparing for the final assessment: Secure Pipeline Audit Project
- Submitting your completed pipeline configuration for review
- Receiving detailed feedback from expert evaluators
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Verifying your credential via official lookup portal
- Adding the certification to your LinkedIn profile
- Accessing advanced playbooks for ongoing learning
- Joining the alumni network for peer support
- Receiving quarterly updates on emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access to updated content, templates, and frameworks
- What is an SBOM and why every enterprise must generate one
- Comparing SPDX, CycloneDX, and SWID tag formats
- Automating SBOM generation in CI pipelines with Syft and Cyclonedx-maven
- Validating SBOM completeness and accuracy
- Storing and versioning SBOMs alongside code artifacts
- Using SBOMs for compliance reporting (e.g. FDA, CISA)
- Chain of custody: Ensuring SBOM integrity from build to deployment
- Automated SBOM validation gates in pull requests
- Integrating SBOM data with GRC and ITSM platforms
- Creating visual dependency graphs from SBOM outputs
Module 4: Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Integration - Selecting SAST tools compatible with modern languages and frameworks
- Configuring rule sets for minimal false positives
- Embedding SAST into GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
- Scoping scans to changed files only for speed
- Managing scan exclusions with policy-based approvals
- Interpreting SAST results in context of code ownership
- Automated triage: Tagging and routing findings to owners
- Generating executive summaries from SAST data
- Benchmarking SAST coverage across teams and repos
- Integrating SAST results into security dashboards
Module 5: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Deep Dive - How SCA differs from traditional vulnerability scanning
- Choosing between commercial and open source SCA solutions
- Analysing license compliance risks in real time
- Configuring policy thresholds for blocking builds
- Handling indirect or transitive dependency risks
- Automating license approval workflows
- Assessing project abandonment risk using freshness metrics
- Correlating SCA findings with public exploit databases
- Implementing conditional ignore policies with audit trails
- Creating custom vulnerability suppression templates
Module 6: Dynamic Analysis and Runtime Protection - Monitoring open source components in running containers
- Integrating DAST into staging environments
- Using eBPF for real-time runtime vulnerability detection
- Instrumenting applications with open source visibility agents
- Detecting abnormal behaviour in third-party libraries
- Implementing automatic containment for risky components
- Generating runtime SBOMs using Falco or similar tools
- Mapping library usage to actual execution paths
- Reducing noise with context-aware alerting
- Feeding runtime findings back into development feedback loops
Module 7: Policy as Code for Open Source Governance - Writing reusable security policies in Rego (Open Policy Agent)
- Creating approval workflows for license exceptions
- Enforcing minimum version requirements across teams
- Automating approval escalations for high-risk components
- Version pinning: When to enforce, when to allow flexibility
- Building organisational baselines for permitted libraries
- Managing policy drift across multiple CI systems
- Generating policy compliance reports for auditors
- Integrating policy decisions with issue tracking systems
- Rolling out policy changes with canary adoption
Module 8: CI/CD Pipeline Hardening Techniques - Securing CI runners from dependency confusion attacks
- Isolating build environments with ephemeral containers
- Signing artifacts using Sigstore and cosign
- Verifying provenance with in-toto attestations
- Implementing read-only dependency caches
- Preventing credential leakage in dependency resolution logs
- Auditing pipeline configuration changes with drift detection
- Using immutable base images for consistent builds
- Protecting against typosquatting in package managers
- Enabling 2FA enforcement for package publishing accounts
Module 9: Container Security and Immutable Images - Analysing open source components within Docker layers
- Scanning container images during build time
- Enforcing minimal base images (e.g. distroless, scratch)
- Removing non-essential binaries and shells from images
- Implementing non-root user execution by default
- Automating CVE scanning with Trivy, Grype, and Clair
- Generating vulnerability reports as part of image metadata
- Blocking image promotion with high-severity findings
- Implementing signed image verification in Kubernetes
- Using KSPs to enforce container security policies
Module 10: Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Security Patterns - Securing Helm charts with provenance checking
- Auditing open source operators for vulnerabilities
- Protecting cluster-level dependencies (CNI, CSI plugins)
- Monitoring open source controller managers for anomalous behaviour
- Enforcing pod security policies based on image source
- Tracking open source usage across namespaces and teams
- Integrating OPA/Gatekeeper for admission control
- Validating third-party CRDs against known threat models
- Automating configuration drift detection in K8s manifests
- Generating compliance evidence packs for cloud audits
Module 11: Automation and Orchestration at Scale - Building centralised dashboard for open source risk visibility
- Aggregating findings from multiple tools and repos
- Creating custom enrichment scripts for vulnerability context
- Automated ticket creation in Jira based on policy violations
- Routing critical findings to on-call engineers via PagerDuty
- Scheduling periodic re-scans of archived repositories
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot and Renovate
- Generating weekly risk summary emails for engineering leads
- Orchestrating coordinated patching across service boundaries
- Implementing feedback loops from production incidents
Module 12: Incident Response for Open Source Compromises - Developing playbooks for zero-day vulnerabilities (e.g. Log4Shell)
- Creating emergency patching workflows without breaking CI
- Identifying affected services using real-time dependency mapping
- Coordinating disclosure and remediation across teams
- Escalating to legal and PR for brand-impacting vulnerabilities
- Preserving forensic evidence from build logs
- Conducting post-mortems with security and DevOps leadership
- Updating policies to prevent recurrence
- Communicating remediation status to stakeholders
- Benchmarks for mean time to detect and respond
Module 13: Auditing and Compliance Automation - Aligning open source practices with ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST
- Automating evidence collection for annual audits
- Generating SBOMs on demand for regulators
- Proving continuous compliance with dashboard reporting
- Mapping controls to specific frameworks and clauses
- Managing access to audit artifacts with role-based permissions
- Creating immutable logs for policy enforcement actions
- Integrating with third-party GRC platforms like RSA Archer
- Preparing for software attestation requirements (e.g. EO 14028)
- Reducing audit preparation time from weeks to hours
Module 14: Culture, Process, and Cross-Team Collaboration - Building shared ownership of open source risk
- Training developers to make secure dependency choices
- Creating feedback loops between security and engineering
- Establishing champion networks across product teams
- Setting KPIs for open source security maturity
- Reporting progress to executive leadership and boards
- Reducing friction in security review processes
- Aligning incentives across Dev, Sec, and Ops
- Conducting secure coding workshops with real examples
- Scaling best practices without creating bottlenecks
Module 15: Certification, Continuous Improvement, and Next Steps - Preparing for the final assessment: Secure Pipeline Audit Project
- Submitting your completed pipeline configuration for review
- Receiving detailed feedback from expert evaluators
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Verifying your credential via official lookup portal
- Adding the certification to your LinkedIn profile
- Accessing advanced playbooks for ongoing learning
- Joining the alumni network for peer support
- Receiving quarterly updates on emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access to updated content, templates, and frameworks
- How SCA differs from traditional vulnerability scanning
- Choosing between commercial and open source SCA solutions
- Analysing license compliance risks in real time
- Configuring policy thresholds for blocking builds
- Handling indirect or transitive dependency risks
- Automating license approval workflows
- Assessing project abandonment risk using freshness metrics
- Correlating SCA findings with public exploit databases
- Implementing conditional ignore policies with audit trails
- Creating custom vulnerability suppression templates
Module 6: Dynamic Analysis and Runtime Protection - Monitoring open source components in running containers
- Integrating DAST into staging environments
- Using eBPF for real-time runtime vulnerability detection
- Instrumenting applications with open source visibility agents
- Detecting abnormal behaviour in third-party libraries
- Implementing automatic containment for risky components
- Generating runtime SBOMs using Falco or similar tools
- Mapping library usage to actual execution paths
- Reducing noise with context-aware alerting
- Feeding runtime findings back into development feedback loops
Module 7: Policy as Code for Open Source Governance - Writing reusable security policies in Rego (Open Policy Agent)
- Creating approval workflows for license exceptions
- Enforcing minimum version requirements across teams
- Automating approval escalations for high-risk components
- Version pinning: When to enforce, when to allow flexibility
- Building organisational baselines for permitted libraries
- Managing policy drift across multiple CI systems
- Generating policy compliance reports for auditors
- Integrating policy decisions with issue tracking systems
- Rolling out policy changes with canary adoption
Module 8: CI/CD Pipeline Hardening Techniques - Securing CI runners from dependency confusion attacks
- Isolating build environments with ephemeral containers
- Signing artifacts using Sigstore and cosign
- Verifying provenance with in-toto attestations
- Implementing read-only dependency caches
- Preventing credential leakage in dependency resolution logs
- Auditing pipeline configuration changes with drift detection
- Using immutable base images for consistent builds
- Protecting against typosquatting in package managers
- Enabling 2FA enforcement for package publishing accounts
Module 9: Container Security and Immutable Images - Analysing open source components within Docker layers
- Scanning container images during build time
- Enforcing minimal base images (e.g. distroless, scratch)
- Removing non-essential binaries and shells from images
- Implementing non-root user execution by default
- Automating CVE scanning with Trivy, Grype, and Clair
- Generating vulnerability reports as part of image metadata
- Blocking image promotion with high-severity findings
- Implementing signed image verification in Kubernetes
- Using KSPs to enforce container security policies
Module 10: Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Security Patterns - Securing Helm charts with provenance checking
- Auditing open source operators for vulnerabilities
- Protecting cluster-level dependencies (CNI, CSI plugins)
- Monitoring open source controller managers for anomalous behaviour
- Enforcing pod security policies based on image source
- Tracking open source usage across namespaces and teams
- Integrating OPA/Gatekeeper for admission control
- Validating third-party CRDs against known threat models
- Automating configuration drift detection in K8s manifests
- Generating compliance evidence packs for cloud audits
Module 11: Automation and Orchestration at Scale - Building centralised dashboard for open source risk visibility
- Aggregating findings from multiple tools and repos
- Creating custom enrichment scripts for vulnerability context
- Automated ticket creation in Jira based on policy violations
- Routing critical findings to on-call engineers via PagerDuty
- Scheduling periodic re-scans of archived repositories
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot and Renovate
- Generating weekly risk summary emails for engineering leads
- Orchestrating coordinated patching across service boundaries
- Implementing feedback loops from production incidents
Module 12: Incident Response for Open Source Compromises - Developing playbooks for zero-day vulnerabilities (e.g. Log4Shell)
- Creating emergency patching workflows without breaking CI
- Identifying affected services using real-time dependency mapping
- Coordinating disclosure and remediation across teams
- Escalating to legal and PR for brand-impacting vulnerabilities
- Preserving forensic evidence from build logs
- Conducting post-mortems with security and DevOps leadership
- Updating policies to prevent recurrence
- Communicating remediation status to stakeholders
- Benchmarks for mean time to detect and respond
Module 13: Auditing and Compliance Automation - Aligning open source practices with ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST
- Automating evidence collection for annual audits
- Generating SBOMs on demand for regulators
- Proving continuous compliance with dashboard reporting
- Mapping controls to specific frameworks and clauses
- Managing access to audit artifacts with role-based permissions
- Creating immutable logs for policy enforcement actions
- Integrating with third-party GRC platforms like RSA Archer
- Preparing for software attestation requirements (e.g. EO 14028)
- Reducing audit preparation time from weeks to hours
Module 14: Culture, Process, and Cross-Team Collaboration - Building shared ownership of open source risk
- Training developers to make secure dependency choices
- Creating feedback loops between security and engineering
- Establishing champion networks across product teams
- Setting KPIs for open source security maturity
- Reporting progress to executive leadership and boards
- Reducing friction in security review processes
- Aligning incentives across Dev, Sec, and Ops
- Conducting secure coding workshops with real examples
- Scaling best practices without creating bottlenecks
Module 15: Certification, Continuous Improvement, and Next Steps - Preparing for the final assessment: Secure Pipeline Audit Project
- Submitting your completed pipeline configuration for review
- Receiving detailed feedback from expert evaluators
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Verifying your credential via official lookup portal
- Adding the certification to your LinkedIn profile
- Accessing advanced playbooks for ongoing learning
- Joining the alumni network for peer support
- Receiving quarterly updates on emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access to updated content, templates, and frameworks
- Writing reusable security policies in Rego (Open Policy Agent)
- Creating approval workflows for license exceptions
- Enforcing minimum version requirements across teams
- Automating approval escalations for high-risk components
- Version pinning: When to enforce, when to allow flexibility
- Building organisational baselines for permitted libraries
- Managing policy drift across multiple CI systems
- Generating policy compliance reports for auditors
- Integrating policy decisions with issue tracking systems
- Rolling out policy changes with canary adoption
Module 8: CI/CD Pipeline Hardening Techniques - Securing CI runners from dependency confusion attacks
- Isolating build environments with ephemeral containers
- Signing artifacts using Sigstore and cosign
- Verifying provenance with in-toto attestations
- Implementing read-only dependency caches
- Preventing credential leakage in dependency resolution logs
- Auditing pipeline configuration changes with drift detection
- Using immutable base images for consistent builds
- Protecting against typosquatting in package managers
- Enabling 2FA enforcement for package publishing accounts
Module 9: Container Security and Immutable Images - Analysing open source components within Docker layers
- Scanning container images during build time
- Enforcing minimal base images (e.g. distroless, scratch)
- Removing non-essential binaries and shells from images
- Implementing non-root user execution by default
- Automating CVE scanning with Trivy, Grype, and Clair
- Generating vulnerability reports as part of image metadata
- Blocking image promotion with high-severity findings
- Implementing signed image verification in Kubernetes
- Using KSPs to enforce container security policies
Module 10: Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Security Patterns - Securing Helm charts with provenance checking
- Auditing open source operators for vulnerabilities
- Protecting cluster-level dependencies (CNI, CSI plugins)
- Monitoring open source controller managers for anomalous behaviour
- Enforcing pod security policies based on image source
- Tracking open source usage across namespaces and teams
- Integrating OPA/Gatekeeper for admission control
- Validating third-party CRDs against known threat models
- Automating configuration drift detection in K8s manifests
- Generating compliance evidence packs for cloud audits
Module 11: Automation and Orchestration at Scale - Building centralised dashboard for open source risk visibility
- Aggregating findings from multiple tools and repos
- Creating custom enrichment scripts for vulnerability context
- Automated ticket creation in Jira based on policy violations
- Routing critical findings to on-call engineers via PagerDuty
- Scheduling periodic re-scans of archived repositories
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot and Renovate
- Generating weekly risk summary emails for engineering leads
- Orchestrating coordinated patching across service boundaries
- Implementing feedback loops from production incidents
Module 12: Incident Response for Open Source Compromises - Developing playbooks for zero-day vulnerabilities (e.g. Log4Shell)
- Creating emergency patching workflows without breaking CI
- Identifying affected services using real-time dependency mapping
- Coordinating disclosure and remediation across teams
- Escalating to legal and PR for brand-impacting vulnerabilities
- Preserving forensic evidence from build logs
- Conducting post-mortems with security and DevOps leadership
- Updating policies to prevent recurrence
- Communicating remediation status to stakeholders
- Benchmarks for mean time to detect and respond
Module 13: Auditing and Compliance Automation - Aligning open source practices with ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST
- Automating evidence collection for annual audits
- Generating SBOMs on demand for regulators
- Proving continuous compliance with dashboard reporting
- Mapping controls to specific frameworks and clauses
- Managing access to audit artifacts with role-based permissions
- Creating immutable logs for policy enforcement actions
- Integrating with third-party GRC platforms like RSA Archer
- Preparing for software attestation requirements (e.g. EO 14028)
- Reducing audit preparation time from weeks to hours
Module 14: Culture, Process, and Cross-Team Collaboration - Building shared ownership of open source risk
- Training developers to make secure dependency choices
- Creating feedback loops between security and engineering
- Establishing champion networks across product teams
- Setting KPIs for open source security maturity
- Reporting progress to executive leadership and boards
- Reducing friction in security review processes
- Aligning incentives across Dev, Sec, and Ops
- Conducting secure coding workshops with real examples
- Scaling best practices without creating bottlenecks
Module 15: Certification, Continuous Improvement, and Next Steps - Preparing for the final assessment: Secure Pipeline Audit Project
- Submitting your completed pipeline configuration for review
- Receiving detailed feedback from expert evaluators
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Verifying your credential via official lookup portal
- Adding the certification to your LinkedIn profile
- Accessing advanced playbooks for ongoing learning
- Joining the alumni network for peer support
- Receiving quarterly updates on emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access to updated content, templates, and frameworks
- Analysing open source components within Docker layers
- Scanning container images during build time
- Enforcing minimal base images (e.g. distroless, scratch)
- Removing non-essential binaries and shells from images
- Implementing non-root user execution by default
- Automating CVE scanning with Trivy, Grype, and Clair
- Generating vulnerability reports as part of image metadata
- Blocking image promotion with high-severity findings
- Implementing signed image verification in Kubernetes
- Using KSPs to enforce container security policies
Module 10: Kubernetes and Cloud-Native Security Patterns - Securing Helm charts with provenance checking
- Auditing open source operators for vulnerabilities
- Protecting cluster-level dependencies (CNI, CSI plugins)
- Monitoring open source controller managers for anomalous behaviour
- Enforcing pod security policies based on image source
- Tracking open source usage across namespaces and teams
- Integrating OPA/Gatekeeper for admission control
- Validating third-party CRDs against known threat models
- Automating configuration drift detection in K8s manifests
- Generating compliance evidence packs for cloud audits
Module 11: Automation and Orchestration at Scale - Building centralised dashboard for open source risk visibility
- Aggregating findings from multiple tools and repos
- Creating custom enrichment scripts for vulnerability context
- Automated ticket creation in Jira based on policy violations
- Routing critical findings to on-call engineers via PagerDuty
- Scheduling periodic re-scans of archived repositories
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot and Renovate
- Generating weekly risk summary emails for engineering leads
- Orchestrating coordinated patching across service boundaries
- Implementing feedback loops from production incidents
Module 12: Incident Response for Open Source Compromises - Developing playbooks for zero-day vulnerabilities (e.g. Log4Shell)
- Creating emergency patching workflows without breaking CI
- Identifying affected services using real-time dependency mapping
- Coordinating disclosure and remediation across teams
- Escalating to legal and PR for brand-impacting vulnerabilities
- Preserving forensic evidence from build logs
- Conducting post-mortems with security and DevOps leadership
- Updating policies to prevent recurrence
- Communicating remediation status to stakeholders
- Benchmarks for mean time to detect and respond
Module 13: Auditing and Compliance Automation - Aligning open source practices with ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST
- Automating evidence collection for annual audits
- Generating SBOMs on demand for regulators
- Proving continuous compliance with dashboard reporting
- Mapping controls to specific frameworks and clauses
- Managing access to audit artifacts with role-based permissions
- Creating immutable logs for policy enforcement actions
- Integrating with third-party GRC platforms like RSA Archer
- Preparing for software attestation requirements (e.g. EO 14028)
- Reducing audit preparation time from weeks to hours
Module 14: Culture, Process, and Cross-Team Collaboration - Building shared ownership of open source risk
- Training developers to make secure dependency choices
- Creating feedback loops between security and engineering
- Establishing champion networks across product teams
- Setting KPIs for open source security maturity
- Reporting progress to executive leadership and boards
- Reducing friction in security review processes
- Aligning incentives across Dev, Sec, and Ops
- Conducting secure coding workshops with real examples
- Scaling best practices without creating bottlenecks
Module 15: Certification, Continuous Improvement, and Next Steps - Preparing for the final assessment: Secure Pipeline Audit Project
- Submitting your completed pipeline configuration for review
- Receiving detailed feedback from expert evaluators
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Verifying your credential via official lookup portal
- Adding the certification to your LinkedIn profile
- Accessing advanced playbooks for ongoing learning
- Joining the alumni network for peer support
- Receiving quarterly updates on emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access to updated content, templates, and frameworks
- Building centralised dashboard for open source risk visibility
- Aggregating findings from multiple tools and repos
- Creating custom enrichment scripts for vulnerability context
- Automated ticket creation in Jira based on policy violations
- Routing critical findings to on-call engineers via PagerDuty
- Scheduling periodic re-scans of archived repositories
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot and Renovate
- Generating weekly risk summary emails for engineering leads
- Orchestrating coordinated patching across service boundaries
- Implementing feedback loops from production incidents
Module 12: Incident Response for Open Source Compromises - Developing playbooks for zero-day vulnerabilities (e.g. Log4Shell)
- Creating emergency patching workflows without breaking CI
- Identifying affected services using real-time dependency mapping
- Coordinating disclosure and remediation across teams
- Escalating to legal and PR for brand-impacting vulnerabilities
- Preserving forensic evidence from build logs
- Conducting post-mortems with security and DevOps leadership
- Updating policies to prevent recurrence
- Communicating remediation status to stakeholders
- Benchmarks for mean time to detect and respond
Module 13: Auditing and Compliance Automation - Aligning open source practices with ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST
- Automating evidence collection for annual audits
- Generating SBOMs on demand for regulators
- Proving continuous compliance with dashboard reporting
- Mapping controls to specific frameworks and clauses
- Managing access to audit artifacts with role-based permissions
- Creating immutable logs for policy enforcement actions
- Integrating with third-party GRC platforms like RSA Archer
- Preparing for software attestation requirements (e.g. EO 14028)
- Reducing audit preparation time from weeks to hours
Module 14: Culture, Process, and Cross-Team Collaboration - Building shared ownership of open source risk
- Training developers to make secure dependency choices
- Creating feedback loops between security and engineering
- Establishing champion networks across product teams
- Setting KPIs for open source security maturity
- Reporting progress to executive leadership and boards
- Reducing friction in security review processes
- Aligning incentives across Dev, Sec, and Ops
- Conducting secure coding workshops with real examples
- Scaling best practices without creating bottlenecks
Module 15: Certification, Continuous Improvement, and Next Steps - Preparing for the final assessment: Secure Pipeline Audit Project
- Submitting your completed pipeline configuration for review
- Receiving detailed feedback from expert evaluators
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Verifying your credential via official lookup portal
- Adding the certification to your LinkedIn profile
- Accessing advanced playbooks for ongoing learning
- Joining the alumni network for peer support
- Receiving quarterly updates on emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access to updated content, templates, and frameworks
- Aligning open source practices with ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST
- Automating evidence collection for annual audits
- Generating SBOMs on demand for regulators
- Proving continuous compliance with dashboard reporting
- Mapping controls to specific frameworks and clauses
- Managing access to audit artifacts with role-based permissions
- Creating immutable logs for policy enforcement actions
- Integrating with third-party GRC platforms like RSA Archer
- Preparing for software attestation requirements (e.g. EO 14028)
- Reducing audit preparation time from weeks to hours
Module 14: Culture, Process, and Cross-Team Collaboration - Building shared ownership of open source risk
- Training developers to make secure dependency choices
- Creating feedback loops between security and engineering
- Establishing champion networks across product teams
- Setting KPIs for open source security maturity
- Reporting progress to executive leadership and boards
- Reducing friction in security review processes
- Aligning incentives across Dev, Sec, and Ops
- Conducting secure coding workshops with real examples
- Scaling best practices without creating bottlenecks
Module 15: Certification, Continuous Improvement, and Next Steps - Preparing for the final assessment: Secure Pipeline Audit Project
- Submitting your completed pipeline configuration for review
- Receiving detailed feedback from expert evaluators
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Verifying your credential via official lookup portal
- Adding the certification to your LinkedIn profile
- Accessing advanced playbooks for ongoing learning
- Joining the alumni network for peer support
- Receiving quarterly updates on emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access to updated content, templates, and frameworks
- Preparing for the final assessment: Secure Pipeline Audit Project
- Submitting your completed pipeline configuration for review
- Receiving detailed feedback from expert evaluators
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Verifying your credential via official lookup portal
- Adding the certification to your LinkedIn profile
- Accessing advanced playbooks for ongoing learning
- Joining the alumni network for peer support
- Receiving quarterly updates on emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access to updated content, templates, and frameworks