Azure DevSecOps Implementation & CI/CD Security Automation

Turn security from your slowest gate into your strongest advantage.

Most teams treat security as the last checkpoint before release, creating late-stage findings, costly rework, painful audits and constant friction between developers and security. Azure gives you everything needed to fix this. Kellton wires it together into a governed, automated pipeline where security is enforced as code, compliance is proven automatically and releases stay predictable.

WHAT WE DELIVER:

1. Secure CI/CD pipelines: SAST, DAST, secret, dependency (SCA) and container scanning gated at every stage of Azure DevOps and GitHub Advanced Security.
2. Infrastructure and Policy as Code: Bicep/Terraform provisioning with Azure Policy guardrails, so environments are compliant by default and drift is caught automatically.
3. Cloud security posture management: Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel for continuous posture, threat detection and unified telemetry.
4. Identity and secrets management: Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, OIDC workload federation and Azure Key Vault to eliminate long-lived credentials.
5. Compliance and governance automation: continuous CMMI Level 5, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA and mapping with auditable evidence generated straight from the pipeline.
6. Enablement and handover: runbooks, SOPs and hands-on training so your team owns and evolves the practice after we exit.

ONE PRACTICE, ACROSS EVERY ENVIRONMENT:

Your estate isn't only Azure. We bring the same secure-by-code approach to wherever your workloads run:

1. Multi-cloud: consistent pipelines, policy and posture across Azure, AWS and Google Cloud, with no vendor lock-in.
2. On-premise: self-hosted runners, IaC guardrails, vault-based secrets and compliance evidence for data-centre and private workloads.
3. Hybrid: a single governance and identity model spanning cloud and on-prem, with Azure Arc visibility and unified monitoring.

BUSINESS OUTCOMES:

1. Up to 70% faster detection of security issues through shift-left scanning.
2. 50%+ reduction in release lead time with automated quality gates.
3. 100% of controls versioned as code and audit-traceable.
4. 24x7 continuous posture monitoring via Defender for Cloud and Sentinel.

(Figures are representative industry benchmarks; actual results depend on your starting maturity and estate.)

HOW WE ENGAGE, A PHASED AND LOW-RISK MODEL

A typical engagement runs 12 to 20 weeks then transitions to ongoing operations, and always begins with a fixed-scope assessment so you see value before committing:

1. Discovery and Assessment (weeks 1-2): maturity score, gap analysis and prioritised roadmap.
2. Secure Pipeline Blueprint (weeks 2-4): target-state architecture, security gates and agreed KPIs.
3. Implementation and Integration (weeks 4-10): pipelines, scanning, policy and secrets migration.
4. Testing and Roll-out (weeks 10-14): validate controls, remediate and roll out across workloads.
5. Monitoring and Support (weeks 14-18): continuous posture monitoring with SLA-backed support.
6. Enablement and Scale-out (weeks 18-20): handover, training and recurring posture reviews.

WAYS TO START:

1. DevSecOps Assessment (2 weeks): a maturity score, gap analysis and roadmap.
2. Pipeline Accelerator (6-8 weeks): a secure CI/CD pipeline live for a pilot workload.
3. Full Transformation (12-20 weeks): a scaled DevSecOps practice with enablement and handover.
4. Managed DevSecOps (ongoing): posture monitoring and SLA-backed operations.

WHY KELLTON:

Kellton brings 15+ years of hands-on cloud, DevOps, and database delivery experience across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud. We deliver against Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework, and we make security automatic and invisible to developers: guardrails, not gates.

GET STARTED:

Book a two-week DevSecOps assessment and receive a prioritized roadmap you can act on immediately. Contact us at ask@kellton.com