A shared credential has too much power
OIDC deployment authentication can replace a standing deployment secret where the platform supports it. Permissions, environments and identity lifetimes are tested as part of the scoped work.
DevSecOps & Secure Delivery Pipelines
Ship with repeatable security checks.
Make release checks repeatable, deployment access deliberate and exceptions accountable. Give developers a delivery process they can understand and maintain.
No one-size-fits-all price. Scope, deliverables and cost are agreed in writing.
Is this your team?
Made for teams like yours.
For software teams that want security in their delivery pipeline without making every release an improvised review.
- Your team ships regularly, but dependency, code and secret checks happen inconsistently.
- Deployment credentials have more access or a longer lifetime than the job requires.
- You need clear release gates and a recovery path that the team can follow.
What changes for you
If security depends on somebody remembering to check, your pipeline has unfinished business.
A scoped CI/CD foundation with security checks, restricted identities, release approvals and a documented recovery path. Tool availability, licences and the assigned specialist’s capability are confirmed before work starts.
Scope first. Useful work next.
The value, in plain English
DevSecOps consulting puts useful checks where your team already works. Secure CI/CD pipelines connect code review, identity and release decisions, so a fast delivery process has boundaries your engineers can explain. Start with one repository, one pipeline and one deployment target.
From the first question to a useful handover
Map the route to production
Delivery pipeline threat modelling identifies the important entry points and permissions. Agree CI/CD environment separation, release ownership and the checks needed for your stack.
Add checks and reduce standing access
SAST pipeline integration, SCA dependency scanning and secret scanning setup form the agreed baseline. Least-privilege deployment identities and short-lived CI/CD credentials restrict deployment authority where supported.
Agree how a release moves forward
Security release gates and a deployment approval workflow define blocking, review and exceptions. A secure deployment rollback plan gives the team a documented path when a release needs reversal.
Where this earns its place
Illustrative use cases. The actual work and acceptance checks are agreed in your proposal.
A check is red and somebody needs to decide
Security gate exception handling gives an exception an owner and a recorded reason. Your team can distinguish an accepted temporary risk from a forgotten warning.
CLIENT FEEDBACK
What our methodology delivers
What to agree for this service
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- Focused threat model, SAST, software composition analysis (SCA) and secret scanning.
- Least-privilege pipeline identities, environment separation and OIDC or short-lived credentials where supported.
- Release approvals, rollback guidance, acceptance checks, documentation and handover.
- Package scope
- DevSecOps Foundation: one repository, one pipeline, one deployment target and up to two environments. The entry package covers the stated controls; additional checks and supply-chain features must be explicitly included in the agreement.
- What your team provides
- Provide authorised repository and deployment access, a technical owner and suitable test environments. Agree release gates, exception handling and rollback approval. Your team owns ongoing pipeline operation after handover.
- Outside the package
- An organisation-wide development-platform migration is excluded. DAST requires a suitable environment; container and IaC checks, SBOM, signing and provenance are included only where agreed. External tooling and licence costs are separately approved.
Acceptance examples to discuss
Illustrative checks for negotiation. These are not completed test results, new contractual promises or additions to the package. The written proposal defines the actual acceptance criteria.
- An agreed test change exercises a release gate and records the expected block, approval or authorised exception.
- Deployment identity permissions and the documented rollback steps are reviewed against the agreed target and environments.
YOUR NEXT MOVE
Get your tailored proposal
Tell us about your organisation, your team and the product or process you want to improve. We will review the fit and follow up with the questions needed to shape a proposal. Scope, deliverables, timing and price are agreed before work begins.
Q&A
Good questions. Straight answers.
Will checks block every insecure change?
No. Automated checks have limitations. We agree gate behaviour, severity thresholds and exception ownership; human review and maintenance remain necessary.
Does a training certificate prove production delivery?
No. Training, a configured repository and verified production experience are different evidence. Tools are offered only when the assigned practitioner has the relevant capability.
What is SAST versus SCA?
SAST versus SCA describes different checks: static application security testing examines code patterns; software composition analysis examines third-party dependencies and known issues. They complement secret scanning and human review; none guarantees detection of every problem.
What does the DevSecOps Foundation include?
One repository, one pipeline, one deployment target and up to two environments. The written agreement defines checks, restricted identities, approvals, rollback guidance and acceptance tests. Tool licences and wider migrations are separate.
How do security release gates work?
We agree severity thresholds, what blocks a release and who can approve exceptions. Security gate exception handling records the reason and owner. A passing automated check does not replace review of the actual change.
Can we add DAST or container checks?
DAST integration needs a suitable test environment. Container image security scanning and infrastructure-as-code security checks are included only when explicitly agreed and supported by the target environment.
Can you add SBOM, signing and provenance?
Software bill of materials setup records software components. Build signing and provenance provide agreed evidence about artefacts and their origin. These are separately specified supply-chain controls, rather than automatic features of the entry package.
What happens after handover?
Your team owns ongoing operation and maintenance. We hand over the configured checks, deployment approval workflow and secure deployment rollback plan, with agreed acceptance evidence. Further support needs its own scope.
Make an informed move.
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