DevSecOps Firefight: Breach, Fix & Fortify

Foundational software and SDLC experience

Audience

DevOps, Security & Cloud Engineers who hate theoretical security talks

This world-class, cutting-edge, hands-on workshop immerses participants in the critical realities of modern CI/CD pipeline security. Designed for security professionals, DevOps engineers, and developers eager to master advanced pipeline breach defense, the training blends live attack simulations with industry-leading tools and practical defense techniques.

1. DevSecOps Foundations: Security by Design

🔍 Learn: Core DevSecOps principles & secure SDLC

🛠️ Demo: Side-by-side comparison of legacy vs modern secure pipelines

🔧 Lab: Build your first DevSecOps-enabled pipeline template

2. OWASP ZAP Security Testing Bootcamp

💣 Breach Simulation:

• Deploy a vulnerable app with SQLi & XSS
• Use OWASP ZAP to detect and mitigate threats

⚙️ Defense Tactics:

• Automated scanning with ZAP
• CI/CD integration via ZAP API

🧪 Lab: Customize ZAP baseline scans + attack rules

🎯 Challenge: “Find the hidden admin panel in 10 minutes”

3. Dependency Hell: Supply Chain Defense

💣 Breach Simulation:

• Inject malicious npm package with CVEs

🛡️ Defense Tactics:

• Monitor vulnerabilities with OWASP Dependency-Track
• Enforce policy gates that fail builds on critical CVEs

🧪 Lab: Create vulnerability policies & alert workflows

⚠️ Shocking Demo: “How one bad dependency can own your infrastructure”

4. Vulnerability Management War Room

💣 Breach Simulation:

• Exploit unpatched container vulnerabilities

🛡️ Defense Tactics:

• Centralize reporting with OWASP DefectDojo
• Scan containers with Trivy 

🧪 Lab: Build real dashboards for CISO/executive reporting

🏁 Competition: “Triage 50 findings faster than your rivals”

5. Secrets & Configuration Fire Drill

💣 Breach Simulation:

• Exfiltrate secrets from Git history using truffleHog

🛡️ Defense Tactics:

• Pre-commit hooks to block patterns like password=.*
• Use ZAP’s config spider to surface dangerous settings

🧪 Lab: Implement GitHub Actions secrets scannin

🚨 Reality Check: “Your database password is in Slack right now”

6. Wrap-Up: DevSecOps Battle Plan

🧭 OWASP Integration Roadmap:

• Plan your DefectDojo, Dependency-Track, and ZAP adoption

📋 Personal Action Plan:

• Draft your 30-day security checklist
• Define your DevSecOps KPIs & reporting dashboards