Security as an afterthought doesn't work. Finding a critical vulnerability in production costs 100x more than catching it during development. DevSecOps shifts security left — integrating it into every stage of your CI/CD pipeline so issues are caught early, automatically, and consistently.
This guide covers practical implementation: what to scan, when, which tools, and how to integrate them into GitHub Actions without slowing your team down.
The DevSecOps Pipeline
Security checks should happen at every stage, not just at the end:
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