DevSecOps
In-depth guides and analysis on devsecops from the Safeguard engineering team.
378 articles
What is a Security Champion Program
A security champion program embeds trained developers in each engineering team to triage vulnerabilities locally. Here's how to structure, staff, and measure one.
Secure Defaults for Internal Developer Platforms
An IDP that makes the secure path the easy path wins. One that requires engineers to opt into security loses. Here is how to ship defaults that actually stick.
Dev Container Security Posture (incl. Dotfiles)
Dev containers promise reproducibility and isolation. They also pull in a long tail of scripts, dotfiles, and feature repos that most teams never audit. Here is how to fix that.
What is a Security Gate
A security gate blocks a build or deploy the moment it fails a policy check. Here's what gates actually check, where to place them, and why most fail.
Renovate vs Dependabot: Enterprise Rollout Playbook for 2026
How to choose between Renovate and Dependabot for enterprise dependency automation in 2026, with rollout patterns, failure modes, and migration paths.
Jira and Docker: Integrating Security Workflows
Jira docker integration for security teams usually means auto-filing tickets from container scan findings — here's how to wire it without flooding the backlog with noise.
SBOM Review in Pull Request Workflows
An SBOM that arrives after merge is a compliance artifact. An SBOM that shows up in the PR is a security control. Here is how to wire it up without killing velocity.
DevOps Pipeline Tools: A Buyer's Map by Stage
DevOps pipeline tools cluster around six stages of the software lifecycle — mapping a shortlist to the stage it actually serves prevents the most common buying mistake: overlap without coverage.
What is a CI/CD Pipeline
A CI/CD pipeline automates code from commit to deployment—but SolarWinds, Codecov, and CircleCI show it's also a top supply-chain attack target.
GitHub Actions: SHA-Pin Tags or Get Burned
Tag-pinning Actions feels fine until a maintainer gets compromised. Here is why SHA-pinning is the only serious option in 2026 and how to operationalize it.
Compromised npm packages in the React and Next.js build p...
A react npm supply chain incident case study: how a phishing attack on a single maintainer compromised chalk, debug, and other build-pipeline dependencies.
Git Hooks as Supply Chain Controls in 2026
Server-side and client-side git hooks are an underused control surface for supply chain risk. Here is what to enforce, where to enforce it, and what to leave alone.