DevSecOps
Agency-Wide DevSecOps Platform
100+ projects onboarded to the standardized pipeline platform, with SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA scanning, SBOM generation, Section 508 automation including Windows Authentication, and GitOps-only promotion.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- DevSecOps
- 100+
100+Projects onboarded to standardized pipeline
90% fasterATO timelines
6-month full rolloutFull rollout
SAST/DAST/IAST/SCASecurity scanning
Challenge
Fragmented Tooling Across 100+ Projects
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission had 100+ software development projects operating with inconsistent tooling, manual deployment processes, and no standardized security scanning. Each development team made independent technology decisions, resulting in technical fragmentation, compliance gaps, and operational challenges.
- 01
Inconsistent CI/CD tooling across projects (Jenkins, Bamboo, manual deployments)
- 02
No standardized pipeline templates or reusable workflows
- 03
Manual deployments taking weeks with high failure rates
- 04
No automated 508 accessibility testing
- 05
Manual SBOM generation (or none at all)
- 06
ISSO buried in duplicate compliance work across 100+ projects
- 07
No agency-wide visibility into software delivery metrics
- 08
Security vulnerabilities discovered late in development cycle
Solution
Enterprise DevSecOps Platform
Digital Charter deployed an agency-wide DevSecOps platform that gave every development team high-quality CI/CD pipelines, automated security scanning, and Zero Trust governance.
- 01
Pipeline Templates
- Pre-configured templates for .NET (C#), Java (Spring), JavaScript (React, Angular), PHP, NodeJS, Python, and Power Platform
- Reusable pipeline components reducing time-to-first-deploy from weeks to hours
- Standardized build, test, scan, and deploy stages
- Support for multiple deployment tiers with infrastructure-as-code
- 02
Integrated Security Scanning
- SAST (Static Application Security Testing): Source code vulnerability analysis
- DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing): Runtime vulnerability scanning
- IAST (Interactive Application Security Testing): Active execution testing
- SCA (Software Composition Analysis): Third-party dependency risk management
- 03
Automated Compliance
- Containerized Google Lighthouse for parallel 508 accessibility test execution
- Simulated Windows authentication for protected application scanning
- Automated SBOM creation in every build with version-controlled artifacts
- Vulnerability tracking tied to dependency manifests
- 04
Zero Trust Container Governance
- Azure Container Registry (ACR) with machine-only access
- GitOps-only image promotion (human push disabled at registry level)
- All containers flow through CI/CD pipelines with security scanning before production
- Eliminated unvetted, human-pushed images
- 05
Platform Migration: Atlassian to Azure DevOps
- When Atlassian announced end-of-life for its Data Center products, Digital Charter led NRC's response: evaluating alternative platforms with cost-benefit and capability analyses, recommending Azure DevOps, and leading the migration from both a strategic and technical standpoint. Every automation, workflow, and pipeline is being reimplemented in a standardized model. On completion, the migration is projected to save NRC more than $200,000 per year.
- 06
UI Testing Automation
- Playwright, Selenium, and Ranorex support for automated UI validation
- Cross-platform browser testing
- Regression detection before production
03 / Outcomes
Agency-Wide Transformation
- 01
Scale & Adoption
- 100+ projects onboarded to the standardized pipeline platform
- 6-month full rollout
- Zero Trust achieved: GitOps-only container promotion
- Deployment time reduced from weeks to hours
- 02
Compliance Automation
- Section 508 automation in every CI/CD build, including Windows Authentication
- 90% faster ATO timelines through continuous compliance
- SBOM generated automatically in every build
- Zero manual security scans -- integrated scanning eliminates manual ISSO workload
- 03
Operational Impact
- Enterprise visibility via agency-wide delivery metrics dashboards
- Reduced technical debt through standardized patterns
- Teams inherit proven pipelines instead of building from scratch
- Developer productivity gains across the agency
- 04
Security Posture
- Proactive vulnerability detection: Issues caught in development, not production
- Complete supply chain visibility via SBOM
- Zero Trust enforcement eliminating attack vectors
- Audit-ready with continuous compliance and automated artifact generation
“The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission had 100+ software development projects operating with inconsistent tooling, manual deployment processes, and no standardized security scanning. Each development team made independent technology decisions, resulting in technical fragmentation, compliance gaps, and operational challenges.”
Technologies Used
- Atlassian · Azure DevOps
- Azure Container Apps · Azure Container Registry
- SAST · DAST · IAST · SCA
- Google Lighthouse · Windows Auth Simulation
- .NET · Java · JavaScript · PHP · Python · Power Platform
- Playwright · Selenium · Ranorex
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