DevSecOps: Security Checks Built Into Your Release Process
Wiring dependency, secret and configuration checks into the pipeline that builds and ships your software, so problems are caught while code is being written rather than after it reaches production. GullySystem sets this up inside your existing release process.
What DevSecOps Adds to Your Release Process
Rather than a once-a-year review, checks run automatically as part of the same process that already builds and deploys your software — a new dependency, a stray key, or a risky configuration change is flagged at the point it is introduced, not months later.
What Slips Through Without It
- A library carrying a known weakness sits in production for months because nobody checks new dependencies as they are added
- A database password gets committed to a repository by accident and stays there, visible to anyone with access
- Every release is a manual, undocumented process, with no consistent check applied before something goes live
- A configuration change that opens up access is deployed without anyone reviewing it first
What Gets Built Into the Pipeline
Dependency Scanning
Third-party libraries checked automatically for known weaknesses as they are added or updated.
Secret Scanning
Repositories and pipeline configuration checked for keys and passwords committed by mistake.
Configuration Checks
Infrastructure and deployment settings reviewed against known-safe patterns before a release goes out.
Gated Release Steps
A release paused automatically when a check fails, rather than relying on someone remembering to look.
Who This Is For
- Teams releasing code regularly enough that a manual, once-a-year check no longer matches how often things actually change
- Businesses that already have a build and deployment pipeline and want security checks added to it
- Growing development teams where consistency across releases can no longer depend on one person remembering to check
Frequently asked questions
Do we need an existing pipeline for this to apply?
Yes, in some form. This work adds checks to a build and release process that already exists, whether simple or elaborate. If you have no automated pipeline yet, that is usually set up first, as separate work, before security checks are added to it.
What determines the cost of adding these checks?
How many repositories and services need checks added, and how many separate pipelines your team currently runs. Adding checks to one consistent pipeline shared across projects costs less than doing it separately for several different setups.
What determines how long the pipeline work takes?
How mature your existing pipeline already is. A pipeline that already runs automated tests on every change takes less time to extend with security checks than one built from manual, undocumented steps.
Does this work with the tools we already use for builds and deployment?
Yes. The checks are added into whatever build and deployment tooling you already run, rather than requiring a switch to a different platform.
Who owns the pipeline configuration afterwards?
You do. All configuration changes are made directly in your own repositories and pipeline settings, and your team retains full access and control once the engagement ends.
What do you need from our engineering team to start?
Access to the repositories and pipeline configuration in scope, a description of your current release process, and a contact on your development team who can confirm what a failed check should do — block a release or only raise a warning.
Tell us what you need.
Send a short brief and one of our engineers will come back to you — usually the same day.
- No obligation
- We reply the same working day
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