Why security scanning belongs in every CI pipeline

Security reviews that only happen before release create bottlenecks and late surprises. Embedding scanners in CI catches issues when they are cheapest to fix.

Cover the basics first: dependency vulnerabilities, secret detection, and static analysis on pull requests. Export results in a format your team already reviews, such as SARIF annotations.

Not every finding should block the build. Use severity thresholds, suppress known false positives carefully, and track debt with owners and due dates.

Tools like Argus help consolidate SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets, and IaC checks so engineering and security share one pipeline signal instead of five disconnected reports.