Code-to-Cloud : The Safe Way 🚀

🔍 Introduction

As modern software development accelerates with DevOps and GitOps, security must be baked into every phase of the SDLC. Enter Cycode — a full-stack software supply chain security platform that unifies visibility and control across source code, pipelines, IaC, secrets, and more.

Cycode doesn’t just scan code; it integrates security across your entire development ecosystem. Think SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, IaC, and CI/CD — all unified under one centralized policy engine.

🛡️ Core Features of Cycode

1. Source Control & CI/CD Security

• Detects hardcoded secrets, misconfigurations, and shadow repositories
• Supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure Repos
• Prevents unauthorized access, detects branch protection bypasses

2. Secrets Detection & Management

• Real-time secret scanning across code, CI pipelines, containers
• Integrates with Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, and more

3. Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) Security

• Static scanning of Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes YAML
• Policy-as-code via OPA/Rego

4. Pipeline Integrity & Drift Detection

• Monitors CI/CD pipeline configurations
• Detects unauthorized changes, rogue script injections

5. SAST/DAST/IAST Integration

• Normalized aggregation of results from tools like Checkmarx, Veracode
• Centralized risk scoring with contextual intelligence

6. SBOM & Dependency Scanning

• Automated Software Bill of Materials
• CVE tracking, OSS license compliance

7. Policy Management Engine

• Define, enforce, and manage policies across the SDLC
• Supports GitOps and approval workflows

🧠 How Cycode Works

Cycode integrates via API hooks, CLI tools, SCM connectors, and webhooks. Here’s the high-level flow:

1. SCM Integration: Connect GitHub/GitLab → scan repos for secrets, IaC, and misconfigurations
2. CI/CD Integration: Monitor Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI pipelines for tampering
3. IaC Scanning: Analyze Terraform, Kubernetes YAMLs pre-deployment
4. Secrets Detection: Scan code, commits, containers, and environment variables
5. Policy Engine: Automate enforcement with rules like “fail build if secret detected”
6. Central Dashboard: View security posture, compliance mapping, and insights

⚙️ How to Integrate Cycode

1. Connect Source Control

• Go to Integrations → Source Control
• Choose your SCM (GitHub, GitLab, etc.) and authorize via OAuth
• Select repos to monitor and scan

2. Integrate CI/CD Pipelines

• Go to Integrations → CI/CD
• Select Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or other tools

• Example GitHub Action:

- name: Run Cycode Scan
  run: |
    curl -sSL https://cycode.com/install.sh | sh
    cycode scan --repo .

3. Enable Secrets Detection

• Go to Policies → Secrets Detection
• Enable organization-wide scanning
• Integrate with HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager

4. Scan IaC Configurations

• Enable scanning of .tf, .yaml, .json files via PR hook
• Violations are auto-commented in the pull request

5. Configure Policy Management

• Define rules like:\n — “Block merge if AWS secret key detected”\n — “Alert if unencrypted S3 bucket is provisioned”\n- Supports OPA/Rego policy definitions

6. Alerting & Notifications

• Go to Settings → Notifications
• Connect Slack, Teams, Jira, SIEM tools for alerts

🔐 Real-World Use Cases

• Enforce GitOps policy compliance via PR checks
• Detect secrets in real-time across your repos
• Get visibility into rogue pipeline executions
• Auto-generate SBOMs and track vulnerable dependencies

✅ Key Benefits

• Unified Platform: Reduce tool sprawl with one platform
• Developer-Centric: Inline PR feedback and CLI support
• Policy-as-Code: Enforce rules directly in Git
• Compliance Ready: Map to NIST, ISO, SOC2
• High Fidelity Alerts: Context-rich, noise-free

🔚 Final Thoughts

Modern delivery pipelines require modern security. Cycode empowers engineering and security teams with an integrated, context-aware, and automated solution to secure the entire SDLC.