The Secure DevSecOps Delivery capability enables the enterprise to design, build, test, secure, and release software through an end-to-end pipeline that integrates security controls directly into the development and deployment lifecycle. It unifies development, security, and operations practices to ensure that every software artifact—from source code to containerized workloads—meets defined security, compliance, and operational quality standards before entering production. This capability ensures that security is not an afterthought but a continuous, automated, and measurable part of the delivery process. ________________________________________ Core Intent To provide a standardized, automated, and security-embedded software delivery model that accelerates time-to-market while maintaining strict governance, auditability, compliance, and operational stability. ________________________________________ Key Functional Aspects 1. Integrated Secure Software Lifecycle Security controls—such as static analysis, dependency scanning, secrets detection, and threat modeling—are embedded into every stage of the development process, ensuring vulnerabilities are identified early and remediated before release. 2. Automated CI/CD Pipelines Defines and operates automated workflows for build, test, packaging, and deployment, supporting containerized, serverless, or traditional applications. Ensures repeatability, versioning, traceability, and audit readiness. 3. Shift-Left Security Automation Implements early-stage security testing (SAST, SCA, IaC scanning), developer education, and secure coding patterns to reduce risk and accelerate remediation. 4. Runtime Security & Compliance Enforcement Provides continuous monitoring for anomalies, configuration drift, unauthorized changes, and container or host security threats. Uses tools like policy engines, image signing, admission controllers, and zero-trust mechanisms. 5. Artifact Integrity & Supply Chain Security Ensures software provenance and trustworthy deployments through signed artifacts, vulnerability checks, software bills of materials (SBOMs), and controlled registries. 6. Observability & Operational Readiness Integrates logs, metrics, tracing, and security event telemetry to evaluate the reliability, performance, and threat posture of the system before and after deployments. 7. Governance & Compliance Controls Implements policy-as-code, audit trails, and automated compliance checks aligned with internal standards, regulatory frameworks (e.g., PCI, SOC2), and risk-management requirements. ________________________________________ Business Value Delivered Accelerated Delivery with Built-in Security Enables teams to ship features faster while maintaining or improving the organization’s security posture. Reduced Risk and Vulnerability Exposure Early detection and continuous validation significantly decrease the likelihood of security incidents. Consistent, Repeatable Releases Automation eliminates variability and ensures each release follows the same secure, governed process. Compliance Assurance Provides clear auditability, traceability, and documentation across the entire software supply chain. Cost Efficiency Fixing vulnerabilities early and reducing manual reviews lowers operational and security costs. Adding Documentation