Security, Compliance & Secret Management

OIDC-based authentication, least-privilege access, vaults, encrypted secrets, audit logs, and compliance-ready CI/CD flows. We design and implement secure, compliant infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines — from identity and access management to encrypted secret storage, policy enforcement, and auditability across all environments.

Common Problems We Solve

  • Static secrets spread across repos/tools → replaced with encrypted vaults and automated rotation
  • Developers have too much access → replaced with granular RBAC and temporary credentials
  • CI/CD tokens live forever → replaced with OIDC-based authentication
  • Audits are painful and manual → replaced with automated compliance reporting
  • Security policies depend on human discipline → replaced with policy enforcement and GitOps governance

Automation significantly reduces these risks and improves reliability across the delivery process.

What We Deliver

Identity & Access Management (IAM)

We implement modern, secure authentication and authorization:

  • OIDC/OAuth2 for CI/CD, services, and developers
  • Role-based access (RBAC) for Kubernetes and cloud environments
  • Least-privilege access principles
  • Temporary, short-lived tokens instead of static secrets
  • This significantly reduces shared credentials and long-lived access risks.

Secret Management (Vault, SOPS, KMS)

Your secrets stay encrypted, versioned, and controlled:

  • HashiCorp Vault
  • AWS/GCP/Azure KMS
  • Mozilla SOPS (Git-encrypted secrets)
  • Encrypted environment variables & sealed secrets
  • Automated secret rotation
  • No more storing credentials inside repos or CI/CD variables.

Secure CI/CD Pipelines

We secure your GitHub Actions and deployment flows:

  • OIDC-based authentication (no long-lived tokens)
  • Encrypted secret stores & restricted permissions
  • Protected environments (dev/stage/prod)
  • Enforced code review policies
  • Supply-chain security (dependabot, SBOM, integrity checks)
  • Build provenance and artifact signing
  • Your CI/CD remains fast — with compliance-ready workflows and comprehensive auditability.

Compliance & Auditability

We implement DevOps-friendly compliance workflows designed to support compliance requirements such as GDPR, SOC 2, and ISO 27001:

  • GDPR-relevant controls
  • SOC 2-aligned processes
  • ISO 27001-oriented security measures
  • Internal security guidelines
  • Financial/regulatory audit requirements
  • This includes logs, version history, access records, permission tracking, and immutable audit trails.

Policy Enforcement & Governance

We ensure infrastructure behaves the way it should:

  • Policy-as-code with OPA, Kyverno, or Conftest
  • Kubernetes admission policies
  • GitOps-based compliance enforcement
  • Security validation in CI/CD
  • Realtime drift detection
  • Your platform is designed to enforce defined security and governance rules automatically.

Kubernetes Security Hardening

We secure clusters end-to-end:

  • Network policies & service isolation
  • Pod security & workload identity
  • Secrets encryption at rest
  • Image scanning & runtime security
  • Firewall & ingress configuration
  • Audit logs & RBAC governance
  • Production-grade, enterprise-oriented infrastructure with enhanced visibility into security-relevant events.

How It Works

  1. 1We analyze your current security posture, identify risks, and design the optimal security architecture
  2. 2We implement identity and access management with OIDC, RBAC, and least-privilege principles
  3. 3We migrate secrets to encrypted vaults (Vault, KMS, SOPS) with automated rotation
  4. 4We secure CI/CD pipelines with OIDC authentication, encrypted secrets, and supply-chain security
  5. 5We implement compliance workflows aligned with GDPR, SOC2, ISO27001, and audit requirements
  6. 6We set up policy enforcement, Kubernetes security hardening, and automated compliance reporting

Security controls help address these issues through encrypted secrets, automated compliance controls, and policy enforcement.

Results commonly observed in projects, depending on system complexity, organizational structure, and implementation scope.

Results You Can Expect

Significant reduction of hardcoded secrets through centralized secret management
Replacement of long-lived CI/CD tokens with short-lived, OIDC-based credentials
Comprehensive audit trails for deployments and access
Automated compliance controls and policy enforcement
Improved protection against supply-chain security threats
Secure communication across environments using encrypted channels
Improved audit readiness for security reviews and penetration tests

Results commonly observed in security and compliance implementation projects, depending on system architecture, threat models, and organizational processes.

Who This Is For

Compliance-focused companies

Subject to GDPR, SOC2, ISO27001, banking or enterprise requirements

SaaS platforms

Managing sensitive user/business data

Engineering teams

Struggling with secrets sprawl or preparing for audits

The results shown are based on individual project contexts and client environments. Actual outcomes may vary depending on system complexity, architecture, and organizational setup.

Why Choose H-Studio for Security & Compliance

Deep expertise in Vault, OIDC, Kubernetes security, and compliance frameworks
Production-ready security implementations with automated secret rotation and policy enforcement
Full integration with CI/CD, GitOps, and cloud platforms
Compliance workflows designed to support GDPR, SOC2, ISO27001, and audit requirements
Clear documentation and team enablement
Ongoing support and security optimization

Frequently Asked Questions

What security measures are implemented?

We implement OIDC-based authentication, least-privilege access, encrypted secret management, RBAC, network policies, code scanning, dependency auditing, image signing, and full audit logs.

How long does a security implementation take?

A complete security implementation with secret management, access control, and compliance typically takes 2–4 weeks. Enterprise-grade setups with multi-environment compliance need 3–6 weeks.

Which compliance standards are supported?

We support ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, PCI-DSS, and other compliance standards. We tailor security measures to your specific compliance requirements.

Next Steps

Ready to secure your infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines?

Disclaimer: All improvements described on this page are based on specific project contexts and technical implementations. Actual results may vary depending on system complexity, architecture, organizational processes, and baseline conditions. H-Studio provides technical implementation services and does not guarantee specific performance metrics or business outcomes.

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