Updated for 2026

DevSecOps Roadmap

Shift security left. Learn to embed security into every stage of the software development and deployment lifecycle.

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1. Security Fundamentals
CIA Triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability)
OWASP Top 10
Cryptography Basics (AES, RSA, TLS)
PKI & Certificates
Authentication & Authorization (OAuth2, SAML)
Zero Trust Architecture
2. DevOps Skills (Required Base)
Linux, Bash Scripting
Docker & Kubernetes
IaC (Terraform, Ansible)
CI/CD Pipelines (GitHub Actions)
Git & Branching Strategy
3. Secure Software Development (SSDLC)
SAST (SonarQube, Checkmarx)
DAST (OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite)
SCA / Dependency Scanning (Snyk, Trivy)
Secret Scanning (GitLeaks, Trufflehog)
Secure Code Review Practices
Threat Modeling
4. Cloud Security
IAM Policies & Least Privilege
KMS & Secrets Management (Vault)
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
AWS GuardDuty / Security Hub
Network Security (WAF, DDoS, VPC)
Data Encryption at Rest & Transit
5. Container & Kubernetes Security
Image Scanning (Trivy, Clair)
Runtime Security (Falco)
RBAC in Kubernetes
Network Policies
Pod Security Standards
6. Monitoring, Incident Response & Compliance
SIEM Tools (Splunk, ELK)
Alerting & On-Call Runbooks
Incident Response Playbooks
Forensics & Log Analysis
SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / PCI-DSS
Penetration Testing Basics
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