Where to start when "shift left" is still an intention
Security and engineering teams rarely disagree about the destination — pipelines with automated gates, developers empowered to make security decisions, and metrics that prove program ROI. What's almost always missing is the map: where are we today, which gaps generate the most risk, and in what order to invest.
Our assessment was designed to answer exactly these three questions. In two to four weeks, we deliver an evidence-based assessment — interviews with technical leaders, review of real pipelines and configurations, process artifact analysis — and translate findings into an actionable roadmap that connects to next quarter's OKRs.
The result isn't a report that ages in a drawer: it's a management instrument that prioritizes initiatives by risk impact, implementation effort, and cross-team dependencies.
How we conduct the assessment
Discovery
Initial workshop with technical leadership to align scope, map stack, identify critical products, and define assessment success criteria.
Interviews & Evidence
Structured interviews with development, platform, security, and product squads. Evidence collection from real pipelines, tickets, runbooks, and configurations.
DSOMM Scoring
Scoring across 16 OWASP DSOMM dimensions, organized in four axes: build & deployment, culture & organization, implementation, and information & test.
Gap Analysis
Comparison against benchmarks of similar companies by size and sector, identifying critical gaps and high-impact, low-effort quick wins.
Roadmap & Presentation
Prioritized roadmap in quarterly waves, executive presentation for C-level, and transition workshop for execution-responsible teams.
Dimensions assessed
Build & Deployment
Maturity of build automation, artifact management, dependency management, pipeline scanning, and secure deploy practices.
- CI/CD pipeline & security gates
- SBOM & dependency management
- Artifact signing & provenance
- Release & rollback strategy
Culture & Organization
Operating model between AppSec and engineering, roles and responsibilities, training programs, and metrics driving decisions.
- AppSec structure & ownership
- Persona-based training programs
- Risk & productivity metrics
- Security-product communication
Implementation
Secure coding practices, threat modeling, secrets management, container hardening, and infrastructure as code security.
- Feature-level threat modeling
- Secure coding standards
- Secrets & identity management
- IaC & container security
Information & Test
SAST, DAST, SCA, and IAST coverage, finding quality, remediation flow, risk dashboards, and end-to-end visibility.
- Scanner coverage & quality
- Triage & remediation flow
- Risk dashboards & KPIs
- Security observability
Deliverables
- Maturity scorecard across 16 DSOMM dimensions, with current and recommended target levels
- Gap analysis report benchmarked against similar companies by size and sector
- Prioritized roadmap in quarterly waves for 12 months, with effort, dependencies, and success metrics
- Current tool stack assessment with consolidation or replacement recommendations
- Executive presentation for C-level and transition workshop for execution teams
- Governance model and review cadence for roadmap execution tracking
Know where your DevSecOps program really stands
In a few weeks, we transform guesses about maturity into evidence-based assessment and a plan your leadership can defend.
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