Case study · Software
DevSecOps Automation
SAST, DAST, SCA, and IaC scanning integrated into CI/CD with policy gates.
Key results
- Security findings caught pre-production +200%
- Remediation time -48%
- Dev friction measurable but acceptable
Context
A SaaS enterprise had security scanning run in periodic scheduled passes against production rather than integrated into the development lifecycle. Findings accumulated; remediation lagged; the security team and development team operated in an adversarial cadence.
Challenge
Integrating security scanning into CI/CD had to work without slowing release velocity to a point developers would route around the new controls. The prior implementation attempts at other firms had failed exactly this way.
Approach
Thoughtwave deployed a 12-week DevSecOps automation engagement: SAST, DAST, SCA, and IaC scanning integrated into CI pipelines with policy gates tuned to fail only on critical findings; developer-first dashboards showing findings in the context of their code; security-team backlog integration for non-blocking findings.
Outcomes
Security findings caught before production more than doubled as pre-production scanning became the primary detection layer; remediation time dropped 48% because developers saw findings in context rather than as audit artifacts; developer friction was measurable but stayed within acceptable bounds.
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