// Cloud platform security
DevSecOps Integration
Security in the delivery pipeline: scanning that blocks the right things, least-privilege IAM, secrets with rotation, and the AWS groundwork for SOC 2. AWS Security Specialty and CKS certified.
Cloud platform security on AWS: IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, WAF, GuardDuty, CloudTrail. Not endpoint agents, network appliances, or a managed SOC.
// Services
Our DevSecOps Services
Security Automation
Static analysis, dependency, secret, and image scanning wired into CI, tuned so the build fails on findings that matter and not on noise.
SOC 2 Groundwork
The AWS half of the evidence: least-privilege IAM, secrets with rotation, WAF at the edge, MFA coverage, CloudTrail retention.
Threat Detection
GuardDuty, Security Hub, and CloudTrail findings routed to your on-call and triaged into a backlog someone can actually work through.
// From a recent engagement
A SaaS company preparing for SOC 2 (NDA) had IAM permissions broader than needed, long-lived secrets, and no view of MFA coverage. IAM was rewritten to least privilege, secrets moved into Secrets Manager with Lambda rotation, WAF with rate limiting went in front of public endpoints, and MFA gaps started alerting. Controls were in place and documented for the audit.
// In detail
DevSecOps Solutions in Detail
Security-Integrated CI/CD Pipelines
Pipeline Security:
- Static Application Security Testing (SAST) on every pull request
- Dependency vulnerability scanning with an upgrade path, not just a list
- Container and image scanning before anything reaches a registry
- Secret scanning in commits and in git history
Security Tools:
- Semgrep or SonarQube for static analysis
- Snyk and Dependabot for dependencies
- Trivy for container images and Terraform
- gitleaks for secrets, running pre-commit and in CI
Infrastructure Security Automation
Security Automation:
- Terraform plans scanned before apply, with the failing rule shown in the pull request
- Cloud security posture tracked in Security Hub and AWS Config
- Drift detection, so a change made in the console does not stay invisible
- Account guardrails with service control policies in AWS Organizations
Security Frameworks:
- Checkov and tfsec against Terraform
- AWS Security Hub and AWS Config conformance packs
- Open Policy Agent (OPA) policies for admission and for CI
- CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark as the starting baseline
Secrets & Credential Management
Secrets Management:
- Secrets moved into AWS Secrets Manager with rotation handled by Lambda
- Long-lived AWS keys in CI replaced with short-lived OIDC credentials
- IAM rewritten to least privilege, role by role
- Every access logged in CloudTrail and reviewable after the fact
Secrets Tools:
- AWS Secrets Manager and SSM Parameter Store
- AWS KMS for encryption keys and envelope encryption
- External Secrets Operator for Kubernetes workloads
- GitHub Actions and CircleCI OIDC federation into AWS
Runtime Security & Monitoring
Runtime Protection:
- Container runtime detection for the events that should never happen in a pod
- GuardDuty findings routed into the same on-call path as everything else
- Pod Security Standards and network policies instead of a flat cluster network
- A runbook for each security alert that repeats, so triage is not improvised
Monitoring Tools:
- Amazon GuardDuty and AWS Security Hub
- AWS CloudTrail across every account, with retention set deliberately
- Falco for Kubernetes runtime events
- Amazon OpenSearch for security log search
Compliance & Governance Automation
Compliance Features:
- Evidence collected automatically from AWS Config and CloudTrail
- Policy as code, so the rule and the check that enforces it live together
- Continuous checks instead of a scramble in the week before an audit
- Alerting on MFA gaps and on access that was never reviewed
Where We Fit:
- SOC 2 readiness on the AWS side, which we have done before
- We prepare controls and evidence. Your auditor issues the report
- We are not a certification body and do not sign off on compliance
- Endpoint, network appliance, and physical security are outside our scope
// Stack
DevSecOps Security Tools
AWS Secrets Manager
Managed secrets with rotation, plus KMS for keys.
Snyk
Dependency and license findings surfaced in the pull request.
OWASP ZAP
Baseline dynamic scans against staging in the pipeline.
Falco
Runtime detection for Kubernetes workloads.
// What changes
Benefits of DevSecOps Integration
Security in the Pipeline
Findings show up in the pull request that caused them, while the change is still cheap to fix.
Faster Delivery
Scans run in parallel and fail on real findings only, so security checks stop being the reason a release waits.
Better Visibility
One view of posture across accounts: what is failing, since when, and who owns it.
Shared Ownership
Developers see the finding and the fix together, so security stops being a gate at the end.
Scope, stated plainly: this is cloud platform security on AWS, backed by the AWS Security Specialty and CKS certifications. Penetration testing, endpoint protection, and staffing a security operations centre are not services we offer.
// Process
Our DevSecOps Implementation Process
Security Assessment
We review the AWS accounts and the pipelines: IAM breadth, secret handling, what scanning exists, and what the findings backlog looks like.
Tool Integration
Scanners wired into CI where they belong, tuned to the point where a red build means something.
Policy Implementation
Guardrails as code: service control policies, Config rules, admission policies, and least-privilege IAM.
Handover and Training
Your developers get walked through the tooling, the findings, and how to change the rules when a rule is wrong.
Continuous Checks
Posture checks keep running after we leave, with findings routed to your on-call and evidence collecting itself.
// Next step
Ready to Secure Your Development Pipeline?
The easiest way to start is the AWS Quick Wins Audit, a fixed scope review of your account. It covers risky configurations and security gaps alongside the cost findings.