How to enforce keyword checks in a CI/CD pipeline?

In the context of DevOps, here is the approach given:-

You can enforce the keyword check for security terms such as encryption in CI/CD pipelines by Integration of the static code analysis tools such as SonarQube or check Marx. You can configure custom rules or even plugins within these tools to scan the codebase for specific keywords during the time of the pre-development stage. You can use these scripting languages such as Python or even shell script to ensure that the pipeline fails if these critical security terms are missing or even improperly implemented, thereby maintaining code quality and even the security standards.

Here is a java based example given below of how you can implement a keyword checkbox for the security terms during a CI/CD implementation by using a hypothetical static code analysis approach:-

Import java.io.BufferedReader;

Import java.io.FileReader;

Import java.io.IOException;

Import java.util.ArrayList;

Import java.util.List;

Public class KeywordChecker {

    Public static void main(String[] args) {

        String filePath = “path/to/your/source/code”; // Replace with actual file path

        List keywords = new ArrayList<>();

        Keywords.add(“authentication”);

        Keywords.add(“encryption”);

        Boolean keywordsFound = checkKeywords(filePath, keywords);

        If (keywordsFound) {

            System.out.println(“Security keywords found. Proceeding with deployment.”);

            // Add deployment logic here

        } else {

            System.err.println(“Security keywords not found. Pipeline failed.”);

            System.exit(1);

        }

    }

    Private static boolean checkKeywords(String filePath, List keywords) {

        Try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath))) {

            String line;

            While ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {

                Line = line.toLowerCase(); // Convert to lower case for case insensitive check

                For (String keyword : keywords) {

                    If (line.contains(keyword)) {

                        System.out.println(“Found keyword: “ + keyword);

                        Return true; // Exit early if any keyword is found

                    }

                }

            }

        } catch (IOException e) {

            System.err.println(“Error reading file: “ + e.getMessage());

        }

        Return false;

    }

}

Here Is a Python example given below of how you can implement a keyword checkbox for the security terms during a CI/CD implementation by using a hypothetical static code analysis approach:-

Import os

Def main():

    File_path = ‘path/to/your/source/code’  # Replace with actual file path

    Keywords = [‘authentication’, ‘encryption’]

    Keywords_found = check_keywords(file_path, keywords)

    If keywords_found:

        Print(“Security keywords found. Proceeding with deployment.”)

        # Add deployment logic here

    Else:

        Print(“Security keywords not found. Pipeline failed.”)

        Exit(1)

Def check_keywords(file_path, keywords):

    Try:

        With open(file_path, ‘r’) as file:

            For line in file:

                Line_lower = line.lower()  # Convert to lower case for case insensitive check

                For keyword in keywords:

                    If keyword in line_lower:

                        Print(f”Found keyword: {keyword}”)

                        Return True  # Exit early if any keyword is found

        Return False

    Except IOError as e:

        Print(f”Error reading file: {e}”)

        Return False

If __name__ == “__main__”:

    Main()