6-month-devsecops.md

6-Month DevSecOps Roadmap

🎯 Prerequisites

Complete the 6-Month DevOps Roadmap first.

📅 Month 1-2: Security Foundations (Weeks 1-8)

Week 1-2: Security Fundamentals

• OWASP Top 10
• CIA Triad, defense in depth
• Threat modeling basics
• Security in SDLC

Milestone: Complete threat model for sample app

Week 3-4: Application Security

• SAST fundamentals (Semgrep, CodeQL)
• SCA/Dependency scanning (Trivy, Snyk)
• Secret detection (Gitleaks)
• Integrating into CI/CD

Milestone: Security scanning pipeline

Week 5-6: Infrastructure Security

• IaC scanning (Checkov, tfsec)
• Container scanning
• Kubernetes security basics
• Network security

Milestone: Secure Terraform + K8s deployment

Week 7-8: Secrets Management

• HashiCorp Vault
• AWS Secrets Manager
• SOPS for GitOps
• External Secrets Operator

Milestone: Vault-integrated application

📅 Month 3-4: Advanced Security (Weeks 9-16)

Week 9-10: CI/CD Security

• Pipeline hardening
• OIDC authentication
• Signed commits
• Artifact signing (Cosign)

Milestone: Fully secured CI/CD pipeline

Week 11-12: Runtime Security

• Falco
• Network Policies
• Pod Security Standards
• OPA/Gatekeeper

Milestone: Runtime-protected K8s cluster

Week 13-14: Supply Chain Security

• SLSA framework
• SBOM generation
• Dependency verification
• Image attestations

Milestone: SLSA Level 2 compliance

Week 15-16: Compliance & Governance

• Policy as Code
• Compliance frameworks (SOC2, PCI)
• Audit logging
• Reporting

Milestone: Compliance dashboard

📅 Month 5-6: Mastery (Weeks 17-24)

Week 17-20: Projects

• Complete secure microservices platform
• Full DevSecOps pipeline
• Security documentation

Week 21-24: Interview Prep

• DevSecOps interview questions
• Scenario-based practice
• Portfolio finalization

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