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How are security checks automated in CI/CD?

Senior Microservices
Quick Answer Security checks in CI/CD: SAST (static analysis - scan source code for vulnerabilities), dependency scanning (check for known vulnerable packages - OWASP dependency check, Snyk), container image scanning (Trivy, Clair - check base images and layers for CVEs), secret detection (prevent committing credentials to repo). Run as pipeline stages, fail build on critical findings.

Answer

Static code analysis (SAST).
Dependency scanning for vulnerabilities.
DevSecOps integrates continuous security into the CI/CD pipeline.
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