Security built in,
not bolted on

We help businesses embed security into every stage of the software development and delivery lifecycle, shifting security left to catch vulnerabilities earlier, reduce remediation costs, and ship software that is secure by design rather than secure by afterthought. Our DevSecOps services protect your business without slowing your team down.

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One of Ireland's first companies to achieve ISO 42001:2023 certification, the globally recognised AI governance standard.

ISO 27001:2022 certified company, the internationally recognised information security management standard.

Security cannot afford to be an afterthought

DevSecOps integrates security seamlessly into every phase of the development and delivery pipeline, from design through testing, deployment, and production monitoring. Traditional approaches treat security as a final gate before release, creating bottlenecks and a culture where security and development teams work against rather than alongside each other. DevSecOps changes this by embedding automated security testing, code scanning, dependency checking, and compliance validation directly into the CI/CD pipeline, making security continuous and frictionless.

Through our DevSecOps consulting services, Square Root Solutions integrates security into your development culture and toolchain without slowing delivery velocity. As ISO 27001 certified information security professionals and one of Ireland's first ISO 42001 certified AI companies, we bring deep security and governance expertise to every engagement.

What we deliver

From security pipeline integration and automated security testing to infrastructure security and DevSecOps transformation, our DevSecOps implementation services deliver the security engineering your organisation needs to ship software safely at speed.

DevSecOps transformation and strategy

Defining and executing a DevSecOps transformation strategy that embeds security into your development culture, processes, and toolchain, shifting your organisation from reactive security to proactive, continuous security assurance.

Secure CI/CD pipeline implementation

Designing and implementing security-integrated CI/CD pipelines that automatically scan code, dependencies, containers, and infrastructure for vulnerabilities at every stage of the delivery process, before issues reach production.

Static and dynamic application security testing

Integrating SAST and DAST tools directly into your development pipeline, automatically scanning source code for security vulnerabilities and testing running applications for exploitable weaknesses as part of every build and deployment.

Container and Kubernetes security

Securing your containerised application environments with image scanning, runtime security monitoring, network policy enforcement, and Kubernetes security hardening that protects your workloads throughout their lifecycle.

Infrastructure as code security

Integrating security scanning and policy enforcement into your infrastructure as code workflows, automatically identifying misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and compliance violations in Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation templates before deployment.

Security monitoring and incident response automation

Implementing real-time security monitoring, threat detection, and automated incident response capabilities that identify and respond to security events across your development and production environments faster than any manual process.

Why shifting security left changes everything

The cost of fixing a security vulnerability increases dramatically the later it is discovered in the development lifecycle. Our secure CI/CD services shift security left to catch issues at the earliest, cheapest point.

Design phase security

Security requirements and threat modelling conducted during the design phase prevent entire classes of vulnerability from being built into your software in the first place, eliminating the most expensive security issues before a single line of code is written.

Development phase security

IDE security plugins, pre-commit hooks, and static analysis tools catch security issues as developers write code, providing immediate feedback that educates developers and prevents vulnerabilities from entering the codebase.

Build and test phase security

Automated SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, container image scanning, and infrastructure as code security checks in the CI/CD pipeline catch vulnerabilities that survive code review before they reach staging or production environments.

Production phase security

Runtime security monitoring, anomaly detection, and automated incident response capabilities provide continuous security assurance in production, detecting and responding to threats that bypass pre-deployment controls.

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DevSecOps across every sector

We deliver DevOps security services for established Irish businesses across a wide range of industries.

EdTech

FinTech

HealthTech

E-commerce

B2B & Supply Chain

Government and
Public Sector

GreenTech and
Sustainability

SportsTech

Real Estate

Hardware & IoT

Wellness

Social Impact and
Community

Why established Irish businesses choose
Square Root Solutions for DevSecOps

ISO 27001 certified security expertise, deep DevOps engineering experience, and a security-first culture that runs through everything we build.

ISO 27001 certified security professionals

Every DevSecOps engagement we deliver is led by ISO 27001 certified information security professionals, ensuring your security pipeline implementation meets internationally recognised information security management standards from day one. Threat modelling is tied to real application flows, not generic risk checklists.

Security and engineering combined

We are engineers who specialise in security, not security consultants who advise on engineering. That means our DevSecOps implementations are technically precise, practically executable, and designed to integrate seamlessly with your existing development toolchain and culture. Security requirements are converted into backlog-ready work, and build artefacts are verified before production use.

AI-powered security automation

As one of Ireland's first ISO 42001 certified AI companies, we integrate AI and machine learning into DevSecOps pipelines to enable intelligent threat detection, automated vulnerability triage, and predictive security risk assessment that goes beyond traditional rule-based security tools. Open-source risk is managed at dependency level, and secrets are blocked before they enter source control.

Culture and toolchain transformation

We understand that DevSecOps is as much a cultural transformation as a technical one. We combine toolchain implementation with developer security training, process design, and change management support to ensure security becomes a genuine shared responsibility across your development organisation. Security defects reach developers while context is still fresh, keeping fixes fast and remediation genuinely collaborative.

Our DevSecOps implementation process

A structured, people-and-technology approach to secure CI/CD services, from security assessment to fully integrated DevSecOps pipeline.

1.Security posture & pipeline assessment

We assess your current development pipeline, security practices, toolchain, and team capabilities, identifying the specific security gaps, integration opportunities, and cultural changes needed to implement an effective DevSecOps programme.

2.DevSecOps strategy & roadmap

We define your DevSecOps strategy and implementation roadmap, prioritising the security integrations, tooling investments, and process changes that will deliver the greatest security improvement with the least disruption to development velocity.

3.Security toolchain integration

We integrate security tools throughout your CI/CD pipeline, including SAST and DAST scanners, dependency checkers, container image scanners, infrastructure as code security tools, and secrets management solutions, configured and tuned for your specific technology stack.

4.Infrastructure & runtime security

We implement infrastructure security hardening, container and Kubernetes security controls, cloud security posture management, and runtime security monitoring that extends DevSecOps protection beyond the pipeline into your production environment.

5.Training, culture, & continuous improvement

We train your development, operations, and security teams on DevSecOps practices and tools, establish security champions programmes, and implement continuous improvement processes that evolve your DevSecOps capability as your technology landscape and threat environment change.

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Technologies we implement

The most advanced and widely adopted DevSecOps tools used by the world's leading engineering security teams.

Built at scale, trusted globally

Over a decade of delivering AI and software products for established Irish businesses. Every number represents a real client, a real product, and a real outcome.

10+

Years of
Experience

125M+

Platform
Users Served

350+

Projects
Delivered

150+

Engineers on
Our Team

45+

AI Solutions
Deployed

Security Built Into Every Release

See how DevSecOps can bring continuous security into development, testing, deployment and production without slowing your teams down.

SaaS

Securing a SaaS CI/CD Pipeline

The Problem:

A growing SaaS company was releasing new features several times a week, but security checks were largely manual and happened close to production. Developers had limited visibility into vulnerable dependencies, insecure code and configuration issues, increasing the risk of vulnerabilities reaching production and creating costly remediation work.

Our Solution:

We integrated security directly into the company's CI/CD pipeline, introducing SAST, dependency scanning, secrets detection and container image scanning as automated build gates. Security findings were prioritised by severity, with failed checks preventing critical vulnerabilities from progressing towards production.

The Result:

Security vulnerabilities identified earlier in the development lifecycle
Automated security checks added to every build and deployment
Critical vulnerabilities blocked before reaching production
Reduced manual security review effort for development teams

FinTech

Securing a Kubernetes Environment

The Problem:

A financial technology company was running its customer platform across Kubernetes clusters and containerised services. While the architecture provided scalability, security controls varied between environments, creating risks around container images, network access, secrets and workload permissions.

Our Solution:

We introduced container image scanning, Kubernetes security hardening, runtime monitoring and network policies across the deployment environment. Infrastructure-as-code security checks were also added to identify misconfigurations and excessive permissions before infrastructure changes were deployed.

The Result:

Security checks automated across container and infrastructure deployments
Kubernetes configurations hardened against common attack paths
Excessive permissions and infrastructure misconfigurations identified earlier
Improved visibility into runtime security events

HealthTech

Building Continuous Security Into Healthcare Software

The Problem:

A healthcare software provider had multiple development teams working across web applications, APIs and cloud infrastructure. Security testing was inconsistent between teams, and vulnerabilities discovered late in development often required significant rework before releases.

Our Solution:

We established a DevSecOps framework covering secure development practices, SAST and DAST, dependency scanning, infrastructure-as-code checks and security monitoring. We also introduced security champions within development teams to make security a shared responsibility rather than a final release-stage check.

The Result:

Security controls standardised across development teams
Automated testing integrated throughout the delivery pipeline
Vulnerabilities identified earlier, reducing late-stage remediation
Development teams gained clearer ownership of application security

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Frequently Asked Questions

DevSecOps is the practice of integrating security into every phase of the software development and delivery lifecycle, from initial design and development through to testing, deployment, and production monitoring. It shifts security left, catching vulnerabilities earlier and more cost-effectively, and makes security a continuous, automated, shared responsibility across development, operations, and security teams.

DevOps integrates development and operations to accelerate software delivery. DevSecOps extends this by adding security as a third, equal partner in the development process. Where DevOps focuses on speed and reliability, DevSecOps ensures that speed and reliability are never achieved at the expense of security, embedding automated security controls throughout the delivery pipeline.

Shifting security left means moving security activities earlier in the software development lifecycle, from the end of the process to the very beginning. By identifying and addressing security issues during design, development, and testing rather than in production, organisations dramatically reduce the cost and impact of security vulnerabilities.

A basic DevSecOps pipeline implementation covering SAST, dependency scanning, and container security can be completed in 4 to 8 weeks. A comprehensive DevSecOps transformation covering the full pipeline, infrastructure security, runtime monitoring, and cultural change programme typically takes 3 to 6 months depending on the complexity of your existing toolchain and organisation.

When implemented correctly, DevSecOps should not slow your development team down. The goal is to catch security issues earlier and more automatically, reducing the costly rework and emergency patching that slow teams down when vulnerabilities are discovered late. Initial implementation may require some adjustment period as teams adapt to new tools and processes, but mature DevSecOps programmes consistently deliver both faster and more secure software.

Yes. We assess your existing CI/CD pipeline and toolchain before designing your DevSecOps implementation, integrating security tools and controls into your existing workflow wherever possible rather than requiring a complete pipeline replacement. We have experience integrating DevSecOps tooling with all major CI/CD platforms including GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, and Azure DevOps.

Security built in, not bolted on

Security cannot afford to be an afterthought

What we deliver

DevSecOps transformation and strategy

Secure CI/CD pipeline implementation

Static and dynamic application security testing

Container and Kubernetes security

Infrastructure as code security

Security monitoring and incident response automation

Why shifting security left changes everything

Design phase security

Development phase security

Build and test phase security

Production phase security

DevSecOps across every sector

Why established Irish businesses choose Square Root Solutions for DevSecOps

ISO 27001 certified security professionals

Security and engineering combined

AI-powered security automation

Culture and toolchain transformation