Certified DevSecOps Professional — Secure SDLC, Pipeline Security & Compliance

Certification Overview

The Certified DevSecOps Professional credential validates your ability to integrate security into every stage of the software delivery pipeline — SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets management, container security, policy-as-code, and compliance automation. This certification demonstrates that you can shift security left without slowing down delivery.

Who Should Enroll

• DevOps engineers integrating security into CI/CD pipelines
• Security engineers automating security testing and compliance
• Developers who want to build secure delivery practices
• Compliance professionals seeking automation skills

Skills Validated

• SAST/DAST/SCA: SonarQube, OWASP ZAP, Snyk, Trivy — integrated into pipeline stages with quality gates
• Secrets Management: HashiCorp Vault, dynamic secrets, rotation, audit logging
• Container Security: Image scanning, signing (Cosign), admission control, runtime security (Falco)
• Policy-as-Code: OPA, Kyverno, Sentinel — policies enforced at CI and deploy time
• Compliance Automation: Evidence generation from pipeline metadata, SOC 2/PCI-DSS controls

Assessment Structure

Practical Lab (build a secure CI/CD pipeline with SAST, container scanning, and secrets management), Capstone Project (design a zero-trust delivery pipeline), and Scenario-Based Evaluation.

Career Outcomes

Roles: DevSecOps Engineer, Security Engineer, Application Security Engineer, Cloud Security Engineer, Compliance Automation Engineer.