DevSecOps Foundations: Integrating Security into the DevOps Pipeline

Modern software delivery moves fast, but speed should never come at the cost of security. Traditional security practices often act as a bottleneck, causing friction between development and operations teams. This course teaches you how to bridge that gap by shifting security left, embedding automated checks directly into your continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines. You will transition from manual compliance checks to automated, continuous security monitoring. What you will learn: Understand the core principles of DevSecOps and how to shift security left in the software development lifecycle; Configure automated Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Software Composition Analysis (SCA) within CI/CD pipelines; Implement container security best practices, including image scanning and minimal base image configurations; Apply infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scanning tools to detect misconfigurations before deployment; Monitor and audit running environments using modern observability and security logging tools. This text-only course begins with foundational DevSecOps concepts and terminology before guiding you through practical, step-by-step written scenarios for securing code, containers, and cloud environments. It is designed specifically for beginners, software developers, and system administrators looking to enter the security space with no prior security experience required. Start building secure, automated pipelines today.