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Topic 3.6 of Cloud Security Controls and Frameworks

DevSecOps & Shift-Left Security in CI/CD

The shift-left philosophy applied to cloud CI/CD — secret detection, IaC scanning, SAST, DAST, SBOM generation, and runtime policy enforcement using OPA.

~35 min total·4 quadrants of structured content

By the end of this topic, you will

Map security activities to each stage of a DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline
Configure a pre-commit secret detection hook using detect-secrets
Scan Terraform IaC with Checkov and interpret findings
Explain what an SBOM is and how to generate one with Syft and Grype

Quadrant 1 · e-Tutorial

Video lectures and walkthroughs

Quadrant 2 · e-Content

Articles and case studies

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DevSecOps & Shift-Left Security in Cloud CI/CD Pipelines

Shift-left security embeds security testing at every stage of the software development lifecycle rather than treating it as a final gate. This article maps security controls to each CI/CD stage — from pre-commit hooks to production monitoring.

20 min read

Quadrant 3 · Web Resources