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CREDENTIAL / CDM-MGR

Certified DevSecOps Manager

Validate your ability to lead DevSecOps transformation — governance, compliance frameworks, security KPIs, incident readiness, and a culture of shared security accountability.

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Training hours
4,036
Participants
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Average rating
7
Leadership modules

About the Certified DevSecOps Manager

In the era of rapid digital transformation, security leadership is more critical than ever. Organizations adopting DevOps at scale struggle to embed security because of weak governance, poor visibility, and cultural resistance. The Certified DevSecOps Manager program is built for IT managers, technical leads, and security executives responsible for aligning DevSecOps with business objectives, compliance mandates, and team culture.

This program is strategic by design. It equips you with leadership models, governance frameworks, risk management strategies, and security integration patterns needed to lead DevSecOps transformation across teams and departments — whether you are managing a DevOps team, overseeing cloud migration, or enforcing regulatory compliance.

Why DevSecOps Managers Are in Demand

Companies are under pressure to innovate faster while meeting strict cybersecurity standards. Certified DevSecOps Managers bridge development, operations, and security while aligning business goals with secure digital delivery: building a culture of shared responsibility, managing policy enforcement, driving maturity models, and keeping software delivery audit-ready. From cloud transformation to regulatory audits, organizations rely on these leaders to make secure development a business priority — not just a technical goal.

OUTCOMES / VERIFIED

What You Walk Away With

  • Understand DevSecOps leadership models and organizational structures
  • Build and manage enterprise-wide DevSecOps adoption plans
  • Design governance frameworks and enforce security policies across CI/CD
  • Collaborate effectively across development, security, and operations
  • Align DevSecOps with ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and NIST frameworks
  • Measure success with KPIs like MTTR, vulnerability closure rate, and policy compliance
  • Run mature incident response and crisis management processes
  • Lead strategic security transformation in Agile and cloud environments

MODULES / SEQUENCED

Certification Agenda

  • Defining DevSecOps from a leadership perspective
  • Overcoming resistance to security adoption
  • Driving cultural change for shared accountability

  • Implementing secure SDLC frameworks
  • Policy enforcement across teams and tools
  • Compliance readiness — SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GDPR

  • Building cross-functional security teams
  • Training, coaching, and upskilling for DevSecOps success
  • Promoting security as a shared goal across departments

  • Toolchain orchestration for security
  • Managing vulnerabilities in large project portfolios
  • Standardizing DevSecOps best practices across teams

  • Managing risk in cloud-native architecture
  • IAM and access-control governance
  • Security compliance across AWS, Azure, and GCP

  • Establishing maturity roadmaps
  • KPIs that matter: MTTR, vulnerability closure rate, policy compliance
  • Continuous improvement models

  • Structuring response teams and escalation workflows
  • Post-mortem analysis and lessons learned
  • Building resilience and response automation

LAB-ENV / ACTIVE

Hands-on Labs and Projects

  • LAB-01 Draft a 12-month DevSecOps adoption roadmap for a multi-team organization
  • LAB-02 Map a delivery pipeline to SOC 2 and ISO 27001 control requirements
  • LAB-03 Define a security KPI dashboard and reporting cadence for executives
  • LAB-04 Run a tabletop incident-response exercise with escalation and post-mortem

TOOL-GRID

Tools and Technologies Covered

  • Jira / Azure Boards
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab
  • SonarQube
  • Snyk
  • OPA
  • AWS / Azure / GCP governance tooling
  • Compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, NIST)

TARGET / OPERATORS

Who This Is For

  • DevOps managers responsible for secure delivery
  • Engineering leads and architects moving into leadership
  • Security program managers
  • Cloud transformation leaders
  • Product managers overseeing DevSecOps initiatives

PRE-FLIGHT / CHECK

Prerequisites

  • Experience managing or leading technical teams
  • Working familiarity with DevOps delivery practices
  • Awareness of compliance or audit requirements in your industry

EXAM / PROCTORED

Certification Exam Details

Format
Multiple choice, multiple answer
Delivery
Testing center or online proctored exam
Duration
180 minutes
Cost
300 USD (practice exam 40 USD)
Languages
English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

FAQ / DECRYPTED

Frequently Asked Questions

It is strategic first — governance, compliance, KPIs, culture, and adoption planning — with enough technical grounding in toolchains and pipelines to make decisions credibly. Hands-on tool depth lives in the Professional and Engineer tracks.

Choose Manager if you own outcomes through people and process — team leads, program managers, transformation owners. Choose Engineer if you personally build and operate pipelines.

SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and NIST guidance — focused on mapping them to real CI/CD controls and audit-ready evidence.

You will be able to define a DevSecOps maturity roadmap, set and track KPIs such as MTTR and vulnerability closure rate, design governance policies, and lead incident response programs.

INITIATE / CONTACT

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