How to Build a DevSecOps CI/CD Pipeline on Azure With GitHub Actions
DevOps.com, Thursday, July 9th, 2026
A practical guide to a seven-stage DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline on Azure using GitHub Actions.
This practical guide shows how to build automated security into a CI/CD pipeline using Azure and GitHub Actions.
It describes a seven-stage pipeline with CodeQL static analysis, Gitleaks secrets detection, dependency vulnerability scanning, build and test, staging deployment with smoke tests, production approval gates, and audit logging.
The core philosophy is that security checks run automatically on every change, just like unit tests, and should run early to catch issues before slow builds finish. The article provides real YAML, flags common mistakes like storing credentials in variables and using shallow clones, and recommends starting with free tools before adding paid ones.