Maintain CI/CD speed while securing your delivery process

Secure your CI/CD by evaluating risks tied to secrets, credentials, and permission structures. This ensures robust, consistent performance.

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CI/CD Health Check

Protect your build pipelines from secrets leaks and privilege risks

With the rapid pace of modern software delivery, even minor misconfigurations can open the door to attack. Cythera helps you secure your CI/CD pipelines by assessing where vulnerabilities may exist — and how to fix them without disrupting your team's momentum.

Improve CI/CD security without slowing down releases
Identify weak points in code promotion or deployment
Integrate best-practice security into your development lifecycle

Service detail

What does a CI/CD Health Check include?

We review your CI/CD pipeline to identify weak configurations, insecure settings and risky integrations. Our testing covers workflows, permission models and how you handle secrets—benchmarked against today’s best practices. The result: a clear action plan to reduce supply chain vulnerabilities and strengthen engineering trust.

Harden your CI/CD processes

End-to-end pipeline review

We assess your development workflows and tools to spot security gaps and guide practical improvements. Focus effort where it counts and streamline your remediation.

Detect weak practices in code repos, builds and releases
Get tailored advice on secret and token hygiene
Compare your setup against leading security benchmarks

Our delivery process

How it works

Our experts examine your entire CI/CD workflow—from secret management and access controls to event triggers and automation flow. The goal is to streamline and secure every stage of your pipeline.

Pipeline mapping and discovery

We collaborate with your engineers to document your CI/CD pipeline from development through to deployment

Security assessment

We assess key areas such as secrets management, token permissions, and the security of build agents.

Findings and recommendations

We provide a clear, impact-prioritised report of risks and misconfigurations. Our team walks you through the findings and supports planning your next steps.

Benefits

Security without slowing delivery

We help you embed security into your CI/CD workflows in a way that maintains momentum—no blockers, just the right level of control.

Developer-aware, security-focused

We work the way your dev team does. Our practical guidance fits seamlessly into existing workflows—helping you improve security without sacrificing speed.

Fits your tools and platforms

No matter your CI/CD platform—GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket—we tailor security reviews to your workflows with practical, targeted advice.

Clarity you can act on

We focus your attention on the issues that count, providing clear guidance on what needs fixing and how to do it.

What comes next

Expand your security coverage

We support your DevSecOps journey end-to-end – from embedding secure coding practices to automating deployment checks. Whether you need upskilling, engineering support or automation, we tailor our services to your pipelines.

Integrate security throughout your development lifecycle
Automate secure deployment processes
Empower teams through hands-on training and guidance

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Frequently asked questions

From risk assessment to rapid response - we’re with you every step of the way.

Can Cythera support security automation in the pipeline?

Yes. We support DevSecOps best practices by integrating SAST, DAST, secrets management, and policy-as-code into your CI/CD pipelines.

What's part of a Cythera CI/CD health check?

We perform deep reviews of your CI/CD pipeline checking for weaknesses in code repositories, secrets handling, dependency management, runners and deployment logic to ensure your build process is secure end to end.

Which tools and platforms does Cythera support?

We work across a wide range of modern DevOps environments, including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps - whether cloud-hosted, premises, or hybrid. Our flexibility ensures we integrate seamlessly with your delivery pipeline.

Why is CI/CD security important?

If your CI/CD pipelines are breached, attackers can inject malicious code, steal credentials, or hijack deployments. As a critical link in your software lifecycle, these systems are often a top target for exploitation.