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CREDENTIAL / CDP-PRO

Certified DevSecOps Professional

Validate hands-on ability to embed security scanning, secrets detection, and compliance automation into real CI/CD pipelines — the practitioner credential for modern secure delivery.

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Training hours
4,036
Participants
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Tools covered
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About the Certified DevSecOps Professional

The Certified DevSecOps Professional program is built for IT professionals who need to make security a continuous, automated part of DevOps culture, tools, and pipelines — not an afterthought bolted on before release. As threats evolve and regulatory requirements tighten, organizations expect practitioners who can integrate static analysis, vulnerability scanning, secret detection, and compliance validation directly into CI/CD.

This certification takes a deliberately practical approach. You work with leading open-source tools, cloud-native security practices, and infrastructure protection techniques in lab environments that mirror production. The program bridges the gap between traditional security teams and fast-moving DevOps practice, so developers, operations, and security professionals can collaborate on secure systems at scale.

Why This Credential Matters

Speed and security must move together. Traditional security reviews can’t keep pace with Agile and DevOps workflows, which is why vulnerabilities surface too late — in production. DevSecOps transforms this by embedding security early and throughout the SDLC through automation, collaboration, and toolchain integration.

The Certified DevSecOps Professional validates that you can implement these principles with real-world tools and processes. Whether you are strengthening your profile, transitioning into a security-focused role, or helping your team ship secure code at scale, this credential gives you the technical evidence to lead secure delivery initiatives.

OUTCOMES / VERIFIED

What You Walk Away With

  • Implement security scanning in CI/CD pipelines with automated gates
  • Automate vulnerability management using open-source tools
  • Detect secrets, hardcoded credentials, and misconfigurations in source code
  • Secure container images and enforce Kubernetes security best practices
  • Prevent insecure deployments with Infrastructure-as-Code scanning
  • Design workflows for security incident detection and response
  • Automate compliance checks and audit trails in DevOps workflows
  • Advocate DevSecOps culture and shift-left practices across teams

MODULES / SEQUENCED

Certification Agenda

  • The evolution of DevSecOps and the business case for it
  • DevOps vs DevSecOps culture and mindset
  • Secure SDLC overview and shift-left strategy

  • Git-based pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins
  • Integrating SAST and DAST tools into the pipeline
  • Configuring automated security gates

  • Source code analysis with SonarQube and Semgrep
  • Secret scanning with GitLeaks and truffleHog
  • Dependency scanning with Snyk and OWASP Dependency-Check

  • Dockerfile best practices and image hardening
  • Container image scanning with Trivy and Clair
  • Kubernetes security — RBAC, Pod Security, OPA/Gatekeeper

  • Terraform and CloudFormation scanning
  • Checkov, tfsec, and KICS in practice
  • Preventing insecure cloud configurations before deploy

  • IAM misconfiguration and cloud security posture
  • Security tooling for AWS, Azure, and GCP
  • Audit logging, alerts, and cloud monitoring

  • Automating policy checks in delivery workflows
  • CIS benchmarks and compliance validation
  • Enforcing policy with OPA and InSpec

LAB-ENV / ACTIVE

Hands-on Labs and Projects

  • LAB-01 Build a Git-based pipeline that blocks merges on failed SAST and secret scans
  • LAB-02 Wire OWASP ZAP DAST scans into a staging deployment workflow
  • LAB-03 Harden and scan Docker images with Trivy, then enforce admission policies in Kubernetes
  • LAB-04 Scan Terraform with Checkov/tfsec and gate the apply step on findings
  • LAB-05 Automate a CIS-benchmark compliance report with policy-as-code

TOOL-GRID

Tools and Technologies Covered

  • Jenkins
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI
  • OWASP ZAP
  • SonarQube
  • Semgrep
  • Trivy
  • Snyk
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • OPA
  • Vault
  • tfsec
  • Checkov
  • KICS
  • GitLeaks
  • AWS IAM
  • GuardDuty

TARGET / OPERATORS

Who This Is For

  • DevOps engineers integrating security into delivery
  • Cloud engineers and developers moving into DevSecOps roles
  • Security analysts and SOC engineers automating their workflows
  • QA engineers and site reliability engineers
  • IT professionals preparing for security audits and governance

PRE-FLIGHT / CHECK

Prerequisites

  • Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines
  • Familiarity with Linux and scripting
  • Working knowledge of Git and containerization
  • Helpful but optional — AWS, Kubernetes, or Terraform exposure

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 the entry credential for hands-on practitioners — DevOps engineers, developers, QA, SREs, and security analysts who want to prove they can implement security automation inside CI/CD pipelines, not just talk about it.

A 180-minute proctored exam with multiple-choice and multiple-answer questions, taken at a testing center or online. The exam costs 300 USD, and a practice exam is available for 40 USD.

The program runs 72 hours at roughly 4 hours per day, available online or in classroom mode in Bangalore and Hyderabad, with weekend options for working professionals.

Every module is anchored in labs on real tools — you build pipelines with security gates, scan containers and IaC, and automate compliance, so the skills transfer directly to production work.

Most professionals progress to the Certified DevSecOps Engineer for deeper pipeline engineering, or directly to Manager or Architect tracks depending on their career direction.

INITIATE / CONTACT

Ready to Build Security Into Your Delivery?

Talk to a DevSecOps advisor about certifications, team training, consulting, automation, or hiring vetted experts.

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