CI/CD Setup & Hardening
Ship faster without breaking things. Secure CI/CD pipelines for B2B SaaS teams: security scanning, secrets management and rollback, set up or hardened in 1–3 weeks from $8,000.
No prep required. Plan within 48 hours.
Who it’s for
Ideal for
- Teams with manual or fragile deployment processes
- Organizations needing to add security to existing pipelines
- Companies migrating CI/CD platforms
- Teams wanting to increase deployment frequency
- Organizations preparing for SOC 2 or compliance audits
Not a fit for
- Teams happy with current deployment frequency and reliability
- Very simple projects with one developer
- Teams not ready to change how they review and release code
Expected outcomes
Measured in past engagements
- 4x
Increase in deployment frequency (typical)
- 90%
Reduction in deployment failures
- < 30 min
Time from commit to production
Past results, not a guarantee: outcomes depend on baseline maturity, scope and adoption. See case studies
Case study
A HealthTech team moved from weekly manual releases to daily deploys, with rollback in under 5 minutes.
Scope
Included
- Pipeline architecture and design
- GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / CircleCI implementation
- Security scanning integration (SAST, DAST, SCA)
- Environment promotion strategy
- Secrets management integration
- Artifact management and versioning
- Rollback and recovery automation
- Team training and documentation
Out of scope
- Ongoing pipeline maintenance
- Application code changes
- Infrastructure provisioning (see Upgrades & Modernization)
- 24/7 pipeline monitoring
Need something else? We can adjust the scope.
Deliverables
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Pipeline Configuration
Production-ready CI/CD configuration files
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Reusable Templates
Modular pipeline components for team adoption
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Security Gate Configuration
Integrated scanning with policy enforcement
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Runbook
Troubleshooting guide and operational procedures
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Architecture Documentation
Pipeline design with decision rationale
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Training Session
Hands-on training for your engineering team
Timeline
1–3 weeks
- Week 1
Design & Foundation
- Current state assessment
- Pipeline architecture design
- Tool selection and configuration
- Initial pipeline scaffold
- Week 2
Build & Secure
- Full pipeline implementation
- Security scanning integration
- Secrets management setup
- Environment configuration
- Week 3
Polish & Handoff
- Testing and optimization
- Documentation completion
- Team training session
- Production cutover
What we need from you
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Repository access
Admin access to source repositories
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Target environments
Access to deploy targets (cloud, Kubernetes, etc.)
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Secrets and credentials
API keys, deployment credentials
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Team availability
4–6 hours for training and knowledge transfer
How we work together
- Model
- Remote, focused delivery
- Cadence
- Daily async updates, mid-week sync
- Communication
- Slack channel with quick response
- Security and access
- A compromised pipeline means compromised production. We sign commits, follow SLSA patterns and work through your SSO/IAM with least-privilege, time-limited access for named individuals, recorded in your audit logs.
CI/CD Setup & Hardening pricing
Fixed scope, timeline and price, set by pipeline complexity.
The CI/CD pipeline you keep after hand-off
Four stages, from commit to compliance evidence:
Build Stage
- Dependency installation with lockfile verification
- Unit and integration testing
- Code quality checks (linting, formatting)
- Build artifact creation with versioning
Security Stage
- Dependency vulnerability scanning (SCA)
- Static application security testing (SAST)
- Container image scanning
- Secrets detection
- Policy gates that block on critical findings
Deploy Stage
- Environment-specific configuration
- Gradual rollout (canary or blue-green)
- Automated smoke tests
- Rollback automation
- Deployment notifications
Evidence Stage (for compliance)
- Audit trail of all deployments
- Approval records
- Security scan results
- Change documentation
Frequently asked questions
Which CI/CD platform do you recommend?
We work with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, and others. We'll recommend based on your existing tooling, team familiarity, and specific requirements.
Can you integrate with our existing security tools?
Yes. We integrate with Snyk, SonarQube, Trivy, Grype, and other common security scanning tools. We can also help select tools if you don't have them.
How do you handle secrets?
We never hard-code secrets. We integrate with your secrets manager (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, etc.) or help set one up. Secrets are injected at runtime, never stored in pipelines.
What about Kubernetes deployments?
We support Kubernetes deployments including Helm, Kustomize, and GitOps patterns with ArgoCD or Flux.
Do you provide ongoing support?
The engagement includes a 2-week support period for questions. Ongoing support can be arranged through a retainer or our Fractional CTO and CISO services.
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- Production access only through your SSO, time-limited and logged