# Three Ways to Make Your SDLC Secure-by-Default

DevFeed: [Three Ways to Make Your SDLC Secure-by-Default](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/three-ways-to-make-your-sdlc-secure-by-default-13293.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/three-ways-to-make-your-sdlc-secure-by-default>)

Published: 2025-10-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [sdlc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdlc.md>), [open-source-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source-security.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>)

Tags: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-containers.md>), [chainguard-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-images.md>), [chainguard-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-security.md>), [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [cves](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cves.md>), [open-source-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source-software.md>), [sdlc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdlc.md>), [secure-by-default](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secure-by-default.md>), [software-supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-supply-chain.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents secure-by-default software development lifecycle practices. It recommends embedding security throughout development, standardizing trusted foundations, securing dependencies and base images, and integrating security into developer tools, CI/CD workflows, and runtime artifacts.

## Source excerpt

Build secure software faster with Chainguard. Learn how secure-by-default SDLC practices eliminate CVEs, automate compliance, and embed trust from code to cloud.