Build Securely · DevSecOps
DevSecOps
Security gates that slow engineering down get bypassed. The goal is security checks fast and precise enough that they run on every build without anyone wanting to skip them.
Delivered from our base in Utrecht, available to organisations across the Netherlands.
The problem
Most 'shift left' security initiatives fail for the same reason: the tooling gets added, generates a wall of low-priority findings, engineers learn to ignore it, and within a few months the pipeline runs the scans but nobody looks at the results. Security that isn't calibrated to your codebase becomes noise, and noise gets tuned out.
Business impact
Vulnerabilities caught in code review cost a fraction of what the same vulnerability costs once it's in production: in engineering time, in incident response, and in the blast radius if it's actually exploited. The earlier in the pipeline a problem surfaces, the cheaper it is to fix.
Where each control actually sits in the pipeline:
CI/CD security gates
Automated checks that block a build on real risk, calibrated so they don't just get overridden out of frustration.
SAST, DAST & SCA in the pipeline
Security testing that runs where your engineers already work, with results routed to them directly.
Infrastructure-as-code scanning
Catching misconfigurations in Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation before they're ever applied.
Secret detection
Stopping credentials and keys from reaching a repository, and catching the ones that already have.
SBOM & software supply chain security
A software bill of materials and dependency provenance tracking so you know what's actually running in production, and where it came from.
Container scanning
Image scanning for known vulnerabilities before a container ever reaches production.
Policy as code
Security and compliance requirements expressed as policy the pipeline enforces automatically, not a document engineers are expected to remember.
Code
Commit
Secret Detection
Build
SBOM
Test
SAST / SCA
Scan
Container / IaC
Deploy
Policy as Code
Monitor
How this engagement runs
Assess
Understand the current state, real risk, and what's actually driving the need for this work.
Architect
Design the controls and approach that fit your environment, not a generic template.
Implement
Deploy and integrate the work: configuration, code, or process, whichever the engagement calls for.
Validate
Test that it actually holds up, rather than assuming it does because it's been deployed.
Improve
Feed findings back in as your environment and the threat landscape change.
Who this is for
- Engineering teams shipping software regularly who want security gates that keep pace
- Organisations that have added scanning tools but are drowning in unactioned findings
- Teams that need SBOM and supply-chain visibility for compliance or customer requirements
- Companies scaling engineering headcount who want security built into the process before it doesn't
What you get
- Security gates integrated into your existing CI/CD platform
- SAST/DAST/SCA tuned to your codebase, not shipped with default noisy rulesets
- An SBOM generation process and supply-chain visibility
- Secret detection covering both new commits and existing repository history
- Policy-as-code definitions your team owns and can evolve
Frequently asked questions
Will this slow our release cycle down?
The goal is the opposite: gates that are fast and precise enough to run on every build without anyone wanting to skip them. A security gate that takes 20 minutes and flags noise gets bypassed within a month; one that runs in seconds and only flags real risk becomes part of how the team works.
We use GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Azure DevOps. Do you work with our existing setup?
Yes. DevSecOps is about integrating security into the pipeline you already have, not replacing your CI/CD platform.
What's software supply chain security, specifically?
Knowing what third-party code, containers and dependencies your software actually includes, and whether any of it has known vulnerabilities or came from a compromised source. An SBOM (software bill of materials) is the foundational artefact: most organisations can't currently answer 'what's in our software' with confidence.