If you discover a security vulnerability in this project, please report it responsibly.

1. Do NOT open a public issue for security vulnerabilities
2. Use GitHub's private vulnerability reporting feature (recommended)
3. Or contact the repository maintainer directly via GitHub

• Description of the vulnerability
• Steps to reproduce
• Potential impact
• Suggested fix (if any)

• Acknowledgment: Within 48 hours
• Initial assessment: Within 1 week
• Resolution target: Depends on severity

This project demonstrates security best practices:

• SAST scanning with Semgrep
• SCA scanning with Trivy
• Secrets detection with Gitleaks
• Quality gates with SonarQube

• SBOM generation (CycloneDX)
• Image signing (Cosign)
• Immutable artifacts (digest-based)

• GitOps-based deployments
• Environment promotion via PR
• Audit trail in Git history
• Image signature verification (Kyverno/Sigstore)
• Kubernetes admission control policies

• Role-based access in Jenkins
• Approval workflows for production
• Exception tracking and governance

When using this project:

1. Change default credentials in .env
2. Secure your Jenkins instance (authentication, authorization)
3. Protect signing keys (use external KMS in production)
4. Review scanner configurations for your context
5. Customize quality gates to your requirements

This project is provided as a reference implementation. Users are responsible for:

• Adapting security controls to their requirements
• Properly securing their deployment environment
• Compliance with their organization's security policies
• Regular security updates and maintenance