Nikit Swaraj Accelerating Devsecops On Aws -

You cannot simply install GuardDuty and walk away. You must build (AWS FIS) to test these security controls. Intentionally break the pipeline to see if the rollback works. Intentionally expose an RDS snapshot to see if Config catches it.

| Function | AWS Service | Why it accelerates DevSecOps | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | CodeCommit / GitHub (via CodeStar) | Native integration with event-driven security triggers. | | Build | CodeBuild | Supports custom runtimes for any security scanner (Trivy, Terrascan). | | Artifact Storage | ECR (Elastic Container Registry) | ECR Scan on Push is instant and free. | | Threat Detection | GuardDuty | Agentless; detects API abuse instantly. | | Runtime Protection | WAF + Shield Advanced | Protects ALB/CloudFront; uses ML to block bots. | | Compliance | Audit Manager | Automates evidence collection for SOC2/ISO. | Case Study: Mitigating a Zero-Day in Production Scenario: A new CVE (CVSS 9.8) is published for a library in your Node.js app. nikit swaraj accelerating devsecops on aws

Security team emails the dev team. Dev team patches next sprint. Exploit occurs. You cannot simply install GuardDuty and walk away

Speed is safety. Automation is compliance. And on AWS, the only limit is your ability to write policy as code . Intentionally expose an RDS snapshot to see if