Overview

Completed four AZ-2008 DevOps Foundations labs and translated them into cybersecurity value: secure planning, controlled change, repeatable delivery, and tested resiliency. This project showcases how I approach security as part of the delivery lifecycle (DevSecOps), not just reactive response.

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Lab Breakdown (Skills + Products Used)

Lab 01 — Agile Planning & Management

Cybersecurity skills gained

  • Translating security work into measurable deliverables (hardening tasks, remediation items, validation steps)
  • Risk-based prioritization and delivery tracking
  • Audit-friendly documentation habits

Products used

  • GitHub (Projects/Issues)

Lab 02 — Implement Flow of Work (PR-driven delivery + guardrails)

Cybersecurity skills gained

  • Pull request hygiene and review discipline
  • Practical change control: who changed what, when, and why
  • Safer merges through repeatable collaboration patterns

Products used

  • GitHub (Branches, Pull Requests, Reviews)

Lab 03 — CI/CD + Infrastructure as Code

Cybersecurity skills gained

  • CI/CD workflow logic (repeatable builds/releases)
  • Infrastructure-as-code consistency to reduce configuration drift
  • Foundations for pipeline security controls (secrets hygiene, gated approvals, deployment discipline)

Products used

  • GitHub Actions
  • Azure
  • Bicep
  • GitHub Copilot

Lab 04 — Resiliency & Failure Testing

Cybersecurity skills gained

  • Failover and availability mindset (availability is part of security)
  • Controlled fault injection to validate recovery assumptions
  • Operational readiness: reducing blast radius and improving recovery confidence

Products used

  • Azure Traffic Manager
  • Azure Chaos Studio
  • Azure

Why This Matters for Cybersecurity

  • Controlled change reduces accidental exposure and speeds up investigations.
  • Repeatable deployments reduce misconfigurations and drift.
  • Resiliency testing supports incident readiness and availability outcomes.