Shifting Security Left: Automated Trivy Image Scanning in GitHub Actions

DevSecOps Pipeline Strategy

Fixing security vulnerabilities after a production deployment costs 10x more than catching them during continuous integration. Shifting security left integrates automated vulnerability gates into your git pull request workflow.

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  Multi-Stage Distroless Docker Builds: Using distroless base images to strip out shell utilities, reducing container attack surface by 80%.
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  Trivy Vulnerability Gating: Configuring GitHub Actions workflows to fail builds if unpatched HIGH or CRITICAL CVEs are detected.
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  Software Bill of Materials (SBOM): Generating CycloneDX SBOMs for enterprise audit compliance.