DevSecOps & Cloud Security
Security must be built into every stage of the DevOps pipeline — 'shift left' security testing. DevSecOps integrates security scanning, secrets management, and compliance into CI/CD rather than treating security as an afterthought.
40 min•By Priygop Team•Last updated: Feb 2026
Security Practices
- IAM (Identity and Access Management) — Principle of least privilege. Roles over long-lived credentials. Service accounts for automation
- Secrets Management — HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager. Never commit secrets to Git. Rotate credentials automatically
- SAST (Static Application Security Testing) — Scan source code for vulnerabilities. Tools: Snyk, SonarQube, Semgrep. Run in CI pipeline
- DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) — Test running applications. OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite. Find runtime vulnerabilities
- Container scanning — Scan Docker images for CVEs. Trivy, Grype. Block deployments with critical vulnerabilities
- Network policies — K8s NetworkPolicy to restrict pod-to-pod communication. Zero-trust: deny all, whitelist specific traffic
- mTLS (Mutual TLS) — Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd) for encrypted, authenticated service-to-service communication
- Compliance — SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS. Audit trail, encryption at rest/transit, access logging