This whitepaper explains how integrating security into CI/CD pipelines requires treating security failures with the same importance as functional defects. It introduces the concept of “breaking the build,” where automated security tests (such as SAST, DAST, and SCA) can halt the pipeline when critical vulnerabilities are detected. The paper distinguishes between automated inline activities and manual out-of-band activities like threat modeling and architecture reviews. It emphasizes cross-team collaboration between security, DevOps, and development teams to define policies, configure tools, and remediate issues quickly. By enforcing security gates within CI/CD workflows, organizations can prevent insecure code from progressing while improving overall software quality and risk visibility.

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