DevSecOps Security Automation. @devsecops-automation

Security reviews that happen once a quarter cannot protect code that ships daily. This sprint automates security checks across the delivery path — SAST and dependency scanning on code, secrets detection, IaC and image scanning on infrastructure, and policy-as-code gates in the pipeline.

The difference between shelfware and adopted is tuning: baselines for existing findings, severity thresholds that gate honestly, and results in the tools developers already use. Consistent with the everything-as-code approach Scrums.com applies across its DevOps work, the policies live in version control. The finish state: every change scanned automatically, gates enforcing agreed policy, and a signal developers trust.

Scanner selection & integration

SAST, dependency, secrets, IaC, and image scanning chosen for your stack and integrated across repositories and pipelines.

Policy-as-code gates

Security policy expressed as code in the pipeline — what blocks a merge, what blocks a deploy — versioned and reviewable like everything else.

Noise tuning & baselines

Existing findings baselined and thresholds tuned, so gates enforce real policy instead of training developers to ignore red.

Developer workflow fit

Results surfaced in pull requests and the tools developers already use — security feedback in the flow of work, not a portal nobody opens.

1. Scope. Inventory the stack and pipelines; choose the scanners and the gate policy.
2. Build. Integrate the scanning, write the policy as code, and tune baselines and thresholds.
3. Handover. Gate policy documentation, dashboards, and ownership handover.

The DevSecOps Security Automation is a menu item on the Scrums.com delivery catalog, available at every plan tier. Add it to your plan backlog and your delivery team schedules it like any other item — scoped, tracked, and reported through the SEOP. See Delivery Plan Tiers.

Will this block our releases with noise?

No — that failure mode is exactly what the tuning phase removes. Existing findings are baselined, thresholds start where they can be enforced honestly, and tighten as the baseline burns down.

What do we need to provide?

CI/CD and repository access, an inventory of containers and IaC, and a decision-maker for what the gates block.

What happens to the findings stream?

New findings gate at the pipeline; the baseline needs working down over time. The Vulnerability Management Setup item gives that stream owners, SLAs, and honest reporting.