DevSecOps & CI/CD Security

Automated security testing that fits in your pipeline. Not on top of it.

Vortex runs DAST on every commit, PR, and deploy — automatically. Findings go straight to your developers. Fixes ship as pull requests. No new process. No security backlog. Just security that works the way your team already does.

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github.com / your-org / your-repo / pull / 214 Merge blocked

GitHub pull request showing Vortex security check failed with 1 critical finding and an inline SQL injection comment

The Problem

Most teams don't find vulnerabilities until they're already in production.

Findings your developers ignore.

Security tickets land in a backlog with no context, no clear fix, and no urgency. They get triaged eventually — if the sprint has room.

Vulnerabilities that ship before you know.

Your CI/CD pipeline is fast. Most security scans run separately, on a schedule, after the fact. The gap between commit and detection is where attackers operate.

A security team stuck in triage.

Every hour validating false positives is an hour not spent on real threats. When developers can't trust the scanner, they stop looking at it.

You're two lines of YAML away from none of this.

How It Works

Commit. Test. Fix. Repeat.

Vortex triggers on every commit, pull request, or deployment — no manual scan to kick off.

Every finding is exploit-validated before it surfaces. Your team sees confirmed vulnerabilities only — not a noise list.

Critical findings block the build. Vortex generates the fix as a pull request. Your developer reviews, merges, done.

Pipeline flow

Push

›

Vortex DAST

›

Gate

›

Deploy

No critical findings

Gate passes. Deploy proceeds automatically.

Critical finding

Build blocked. Fix PR opened. Loop closed.

Integrations

Works with the tools you already use.

Zero new tools to learn. Zero workflow changes.

CI/CD Pipeline

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Bitbucket Pipelines

CircleCI

Developer Workflow

GitHub

GitLab

Bitbucket

Jira

Slack

Setup

Add two lines to your workflow. That's the setup.

Add Vortex to your GitHub Actions workflow. Scans trigger automatically on every push or pull request.

Works the same way in GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines, and CircleCI.

Get a walkthrough from our team →

.github/workflows/security.yml YAML

# Add to any existing workflow
jobs:
  security:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Vortex Security Scan
        uses: bestdefense/vortex-action@v1
        with:
          api_key: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_API_KEY }}
          target_url: ${{ env.STAGING_URL }}
          block_on: critical

Developer Experience

Findings where your developers already work.

Vortex doesn't ask your developers to learn a new tool. Findings appear as PR comments, Jira tickets, and Slack alerts — in the context where developers are already working.

github.com — pull request #214 CRITICAL

src/api/v2/users.js · line 47

47 - const q = `SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ${userId}`

vortex-bot CRITICAL

SQL Injection — unsanitized user input

Direct string interpolation allows full table exfiltration via malformed user_id. Exploit confirmed in staging.

Fix PR #215 →

jira.atlassian.com

SEC-312 CRITICAL auto-created by vortex-bot

SQL Injection — /api/v2/users/search

Endpoint /api/v2/users/search

Impact Full table exfiltration via malformed query parameter

Fix PR #215 → fix: parameterize query

Auto-closes on confirmed retest

github.com — pull request #215 Merged

fix: parameterize query in /api/v2/users/search

src/api/v2/users.js

-const q = `SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ${userId}`

-db.query(q)

+const q = `SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?`

+db.query(q, [userId])

Findings in your PR. Fix PR auto-generated. Closed on retest. See it running in your pipeline. Get a Demo →

What is DAST?

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) runs real attack payloads against your live application — the same way an attacker would. Unlike static analysis (SAST), it doesn't scan source code. It tests what actually happens when the app runs: auth bypasses, broken access controls, injection flaws, business logic abuse. Vulnerabilities that only exist at runtime can't be caught any other way.

Catches what code scanners miss.

Auth bypasses, broken access controls, and business logic flaws only exist at runtime. If your scanner never runs the app, it never finds them. SAST can't see what isn't in the source.

Every finding is confirmed exploitable.

DAST tests with real attack payloads against your running app. If a finding surfaces, it's because the exploit worked — not because a code pattern matched. No false positives to chase.

Catches it before production — not weeks after.

In a pipeline, DAST runs on every build. A vulnerability introduced on Monday is caught before it ships on Tuesday. The window between commit and detection closes to minutes.

Proof

Security that ships with your code. Not after it.

85%

Faster remediation

auto-fix PRs, not tickets

90%

Fewer alerts to triage

exploit validation, not noise

100%

Exploit-verified findings

not probable — proven

<2 days

From repo connect to first protected deploy

no ramp-up, no training

After implementing BestDefense, we cut our vulnerability detection time by 60% while keeping our deployments on track. I'm finally able to focus on strategic security initiatives instead of constant firefighting.

Glen Jacinto

Hyacinth BPO

Built for how developers actually ship.

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We'll connect to your repo, trigger a real scan, and show you findings and fixes in your actual environment. Not a staged walkthrough. Real results from your codebase.

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