Following are some toolchains I have played around with to get a feel of how DevSecOps could be implemented in Cloud, Kubernetes, AppSec, and other delivery model.
- Kubernetes-Native Tekton Security Pipeline
- Vulnerability Management Driven Pipeline
- Container/Kubernetes Security Pipeline
- Python Jenkins Declarative Pipeline
- JAVA AWS Cloud-Native Pipeline
- JavaScript Azure-DevOps Pipeline
- REST API GCP GoCD Pipeline
- Android/iOS App Security Pipeline
- Attack Tree SlackBot
Kubernetes-Native Tekton Security Pipeline
A DevSecOps pipeline living within Kubernetes Cluster as Tekton CI/CD, checking for Application Security, Container Security, Infrastructure as Code security, using opensource and free tools.
- CICD -
Tekton - Git Secret Check -
trufflehog - SCA -
safety - SAST -
bandit - DAST -
OWASP Zed Attack Proxy - IaC Scanner -
checkov - Container Vulnerability Analysis -
starboard trivy - Container Image storage -
Docker Hub - Database Dynamic Secrets -
Hashicorp Vault Database Engine,PostgreSQL - Pod Secret Injection -
Hashicorp Vault annotation + agent - Kubernetes resource deployment -
kubectl,helm - Kubernetes CIS benchmark -
starboard kube-bench - Kubernetes workload audit -
starboard polaris - Kubernetes penetration test -
starboard kube-hunter - Kubernetes Engine -
Minikube - Kubernetes nodes -
virtualbox driver
Vulnerability Management Driven Security Pipeline
A vulnerability manager (DefectDojo) based pipeline for Python based project which comes with ASVS Standard to provide security test plan and requirements, integration of vulnerability data from 70+ tools, and slack integration for monitoring.
Toolchain
- Planning -
OWASP ASVS - CI/CD -
Go CD - secret-check -
trufflehog - SCA -
safety - SAST -
bandit - DAST -
nikto - Container Vulnerability Analysis -
trivy - Vulnerability Manager -
DefectDojo - Monitoring -
Slack - Environment -
AWS
Container/Kubernetes Security Pipeline
DevSecOps pipeline for container based application deployed to GCP kubernetes cluster using GCP k8s and container solutions, and security tests with open source container solutions.
- CICD -
Jenkins - Git Secret Check -
trufflehog - Container image vulnerability analysis -
trivy - Container Image malware analysis -
clamav - Container Image storage -
Google Container Registry - Kubernetes Engine -
Google Kubernetes Engine - Kubernetes nodes -
Google Container-Optimized OS - Kubernetes setup -
gcloud - Kubernetes resource deployment -
kubectl,helm - Kubernetes CIS benchmark -
kube-bench - Kubernetes penetration test -
kube-hunter - Kubernetes runtime protection -
falco - Environment -
GCP

Python Jenkins Declarative Pipeline
DevSecOps pipeline for Python based project using Jenkins, Ansible, AWS, and open-source security tools and checks.
Toolchain
- CICD -
Jenkins - Orchestration -
Ansible Playbook - SCM -
Github - Secret check -
trufflehog - SCA -
safety - SAST -
bandit - Container Audit -
lynis - DAST -
niktofor scans,selenium-chromefor grabbing session cookie - Security Audit -
lynis - WAF -
modsecurity, also configured as reverse proxy - Environment -
AWS
JAVA AWS Cloud-Native Pipeline
DevSecOps pipeline for JAVA based project using AWS DevOps tools, AWS security tools, and some open source tools.
Toolchain
- CICD -
AWS CodePipeline,AWS CodeBuild,AWS CodeDeploy - IDE -
AWS Cloud9 - Secret Check -
Talismanfor pre-commit hook,trufflehogchecks secrets in pipeline - SCM -
Github - Artifact repository -
AWS S3 - SCA -
dependency-check - SAST -
findsecbugs - DAST -
OWASP ZAP - Compliance Scanning -
AWS Inspector - Threat Detection -
AWS GuardDuty - Security Advisor -
Security Hub - WAF -
AWS WAF - Environment -
AWS

JavaScript Azure-DevOps Pipeline
DevSecOps pipeline for React+Docker based project using Azure DevOps - Release Pipeline, Azure security solutions, and some open source tools.
Toolchain
- CICD -
Azure DevOps,Azure Release Pipeline - Secret Check -
trufflehog - SCM -
Github - SCA -
anchorenon-os scans - SAST -
sonarqube community edition 7.9.2 - DAST -
gauntltwitharachni,nmapetc - Host security -
Azure Security Centerincluding FIM,Qualysvulnerability scans - Container security -
anchorefull scan (os, non-os) - Continious Compliance -
Azure security centerfor PCI-DSS, ISO 27001 etc - WAF -
Azure Application Gatewaywith WAF rules - DDoS protection -
VnetDDoS setting - Azure account protection -
Azure Security Centerrecommendation - SIEM & SOAR -
Azure Sentinel - Environment -
Azure Cloud

REST API GCP GoCD Pipeline
DevSecOps pipeline for Python flask REST API project using Go CD, Terraform, GCP, and open-source and cloud native security tools and checks.
Toolchain
- CICD -
Go CD - Secret Check -
trufflehog - SCM -
Github - SCA -
safety - SAST -
bandit - DAST -
GCP Web Security Scanner - Container security -
lynis - Compliance -
terraform-compliance - Environment -
GCP
Secret check, SCA, SAST, Container security, compliance checks have all been shifted left and are tested all within code level i.e. source code and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Android/iOS App Security Pipeline
A DevSecOps pipeline for Android and iOS based project using Jenkins, android open-source security tools, and a security testing framework MobSF which does code/binary analysis, malware analysis, general and sensitive information check on iOS+Android apps.
Toolchain
- CICD -
Jenkins - secret-check -
trufflehog - SAST -
findsecbugs - Vulnerability Analysis -
androbugs - Malware Analysis -
quark-engine - Malicious Behaviour Analysis -
androwarn - Application Vulnerability Analysis -
qark - APK composition analysis -
APKiD - Security Test -
MobSFfor iOS and Android - Environment -
GCP
For Android, MobSF also checks certificate strength, obfuscation techniques, anti reverse engineering, dangerous permission etc.
Attack Tree SlackBot
A simple bot that sits on AWS EC2 instance with Python Flask API, will create attack-tree-diagram using graphviz library when numbered list of attack is provided as input.
Toolchain
- ChatOps -
Slack - Diagram service -
Pythonfor code & logic,graphvizlibrary for diagraming - Artifact Repository -
AWS S3 - Request API service -
SlackActions - Response API server -
Python Flask - Bot client host -
Slack - Bot server host -
AWS