In the modern development landscape, speed is everything. Teams are under constant pressure to deliver new features and updates at a blistering pace. However, this speed often comes at a cost: security. When security testing is treated as a final, isolated step in the process, it becomes a bottleneck that can delay releases or, worse, be skipped entirely. The solution is to move security ‘to the left’ by integrating it directly into your Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline.
The Challenge of Traditional Security Silos
For too long, security testing has lived in its own silo. A product is developed, then it’s handed over to a security team for a ‘one-off’ audit. This approach is fundamentally flawed for several reasons:
•It’s slow: Waiting until the end of the development cycle to find bugs means that fixing them is more expensive and time-consuming.
•It’s inconsistent: Manual audits are only as good as the person performing them and the time they have available.
•It creates friction: Security becomes the ‘department of no’, constantly pushing back on release dates.
To truly secure modern infrastructure, security testing must be as automated and continuous as the development process itself.
Continuous Security: The Power of Integration
Our advanced fuzz testing tool was designed with integration in mind. It’s not just a standalone product; it’s a powerful engine that can be plugged directly into your existing automation framework. Whether you’re using Jenkins, GitLab, or any other CI/CD platform, our tool can become a seamless part of your ‘overnight builds’.
The feedback from our clients highlights the value of this integrated approach. A global manufacturing firm recently shared its vision for the tool:
“We want to see it as an added step on our test tool chain.”
Global manufacturing firm
Another leading energy sector client saw the immediate benefits of combining our tool with their existing processes, noting that they:
“…could see value in integrating Protocrawler with Jenkins.”
Energy Sector
By making fuzz testing a standard part of the build process, these teams are ensuring that every new version of their firmware is robust and secure before it ever reaches a customer.
How Integration Transforms Your Workflow
Integrating our tool into your CI/CD pipeline changes the way your team thinks about security. Here is how it transforms each stage of the process:
•Automated Triggers: Every time code is committed or a new build is triggered, our tool can automatically start a fuzzing session. This ensures that security testing is never forgotten.
•Rapid Feedback: Instead of waiting weeks for an audit report, developers get immediate feedback on the security of their code. As one prominent financial services provider noted, their “development team are extremely happy when tests are passing.”
•Exit Criteria: You can set our tool’s results as a formal exit criterion for your development stages. If the tool finds a critical bug, the build fails, preventing insecure code from moving forward.
•Scalability: Automation allows you to run tests on multiple ‘lanes’ simultaneously, increasing your testing capacity without needing more staff.
Real-World Success: From Silos to Seamlessness
The impact of this integration is clear in the results our clients are achieving. A global manufacturing firm found that by making our tool a part of their ongoing process, they were able to demonstrate the robustness of their products to external stakeholders more effectively. They even noted that:
“Our KPIs are mostly green now.”
Global manufacturing firm
This level of confidence is only possible when security is an integral, automated part of the development lifecycle. By removing the manual bottlenecks and silos, our tool empowers your team to deliver secure products at the speed of modern business.
Make Protocol Security a Habit, Not a Hurdle
In an era of continuous delivery, security can no longer be an afterthought. By integrating our advanced fuzz testing tool into your CI/CD pipeline, you can turn security from a hurdle into a habit. You’ll find bugs faster, release products with more confidence, and ultimately build a more resilient organisation.