Who it’s for
You ship software every week. Your last pen test or audit found the same gaps in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) it flagged the year before. You have a security operations centre (SOC), or a partner running one. But incident triage is manual and slow, and the board metrics tell you nothing you can act on.
That makes this engagement for CTOs, Heads of Security, and COOs. You need security built into the SDLC, and a detection capability the board can read on a single page.
Outcomes
- A pull-request-grade integration of static and dynamic application security testing (SAST and DAST) in your CI
- Supply-chain controls in the pipeline: a software bill of materials (SBOM), secrets scanning, and dependency checks
- A secure CI/CD baseline: OpenID Connect (OIDC), signed builds, and attestations
- A SOC playbook for the priority detections, with mean time to resolve (MTTR) baselines set in week one
- A detection-as-code library: detection rules held in version control, extended and tested like software
- A weekly security metrics dashboard the engineering org actually reads
- A measurable drop in triage time and unpatched critical findings, baselined at the start and reviewed each quarter
Operating model
We embed with both engineering and the SOC (whether yours or a partner’s). We design the controls, write the playbooks, and run the first month of incidents alongside the team. We translate the metrics for the board.
For the COO and board, the output is a weekly view. It maps detection coverage and incident response time to your operational resilience obligations. It reads in under five minutes, ready for your next risk committee.
Engagement length and shape
- Initial scope: 8-12 weeks per maturity step.
- Retainer: monthly thereafter, weekly metrics review.
What's NOT in scope
- MSSP / 24×7 SOC operations (we build the capability; partner runs it)
- Penetration testing (we recommend partners)
- Bug-bounty programme operations (we set up; partner runs)
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Frequently asked
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What does the DevSecOps deliverable look like?
Pipeline integration of SAST, SCA, secrets scanning, IaC checks, and container image scanning at the gates that match your release cadence; a triage workflow that engineering can own without security bottlenecking; and a board-readable monthly summary of vulnerability posture, remediation latency, and developer-loop friction. -
How is your SOC service different from a managed-SOC vendor?
We design the SOC operating model and the detection content; we don't run a 24/7 monitoring service ourselves. Most engagements pair our design work with a managed-detection partner you already have or one we recommend. The accountability stays with you; the operations sit with whoever's best placed to run them. -
How do you measure success?
Mean time to remediate critical vulnerabilities, percentage of pipelines with security gates green, ratio of detected to false-positive alerts, time-to-acknowledge per severity. Pattern across engagements has been ~25% reduction in security incidents in the first year. -
What about incident response?
We design the incident response playbook, run tabletop exercises with the leadership team, and act as advisor during a live incident. We partner with specialist forensic firms for the deep-dive technical response itself.
Next step
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