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Avito Details Security Gates Implementation to Enforce Vulnerability Remediation Without Disrupting Developers

Alexander Trifanov, head of Application Security at Avito, shares a detailed case study on building security gates that block risky deployments while preserving developer experience. The approach relies on asynchronous scanning pipelines using SAST, SCA, secret detection, and YAML Security tools aggregated in ASOC or SOAR systems. Gates are placed at multiple lifecycle points including pre-receive hooks, CI/CD deployment stages, and manual unit-level overrides via a red-button mechanism. Strict false-positive management, deduplication, and emergency bypass controls are highlighted as essential for scalability across thousands of developers. The article covers pre-receive gating limited to ten-second scans, separate library update flows, and Kubernetes integration attempts with Kyverno. Avito reports that even unused red-button capabilities significantly improve SLA compliance without frequent enforcement actions.