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Keep releases moving.
Make the security check repeatable.

DevOps connects development and operations to deliver software reliably. Galen adds evidence about application security to that release workflow, helping teams understand an access change before it reaches production.

Available now: Galen Policy Beta and Managed Galen Security Audits. Self-service Galen Security is coming soon.

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Deterministic analysis. Inspectable evidence. Your team’s decisions.

ILLUSTRATIVE BOUNDARYA release changes an operational API
ACTOROrdinary application user
OPERATIONStart a bulk export
PROTECTED RESOURCE

Customer export job

INTENDED BOUNDARY

Only the approved operations role can start a bulk export.

The issue to investigate

A handler refactor retains login but drops the operations-role check.

The new path permits the sensitive write under a broader actor.

Conceptual example, not live Galen output. Recheck the actual implementation after a correction.

WHAT IS AT STAKE

A passing build says less about access than you need.

Your team keeps the path from a code change to a release dependable. Builds, deployment automation, and health checks can all succeed while a new route grants broader access or a refactor removes the guard around an export. Release reliability and application permissions are different questions.

Security checks also need a clear owner and a useful result. An unexplained alert near release time can create a hurried exception. Galen ties supported findings to code paths and controls so the application owner can make a specific correction or an explicit access decision.

Repeatability
Use the same reviewed access baseline across changes.
Ownership
Give the affected application team actionable evidence.
Release context
Keep the reviewed version and remaining questions visible.

PUT GALEN TO WORK

Check the change.
Understand the wider risk.

CHECK WHILE YOU BUILD

Define where the code check belongs.

Galen Policy runs from the project directory as a standalone command-line tool. Start by placing a check at an agreed point in development or release preparation, with a named owner to review the output. Your team controls execution, permissions, and the decision to merge or release.

Review and approve the access baseline with the application owners. Later checks help surface removed guards, widened exposure, new grants, and ungoverned writes. Keep those decisions with the repository’s change process so a release does not quietly change who can do what.

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GO DEEPER WITH AN AUDIT

Review the wider application before a major transition.

Use Galen Security when a platform migration, API redesign, or major release calls for a deeper review of application paths and controls. Its evidence helps distinguish a supported code weakness from an assumption about the deployment environment.

Galen’s application analysis complements your infrastructure, dependency, deployment, and runtime checks. A Managed Security Audit can help scope the application review and organize corrections when the transition needs dedicated attention.

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WHERE TO FOCUS

Separate the decisions behind a release.

A SUGGESTED TEAM WORKFLOWA repeatable application review before release.
  1. 01Candidate code

    Identify the version and the access rules in scope.

  2. 02Application review

    Run Policy and let the owner review the evidence.

  3. 03Release decision

    Recheck corrections alongside the team’s other release checks.

Your team defines execution, permissions, review criteria, and release decisions.

Boundary or decisionWhat needs attentionEvidence to inspect
Application accessA code change grants a new role or removes a restriction.The changed path compared with the approved access baseline.
Correction ownershipA finding arrives without enough context to route or repair it.The affected operation, code location, and correction objective.
Release evidenceThe checked version differs from the version being released.A record of the analyzed version and recheck after correction.

A PRACTICAL STARTING POINT

A suggested review point in the release path.

  1. 01

    Check the candidate code.

    Run Policy at the point your team has chosen for application review.

  2. 02

    Resolve the result.

    The application owner reviews findings, corrects the path, or explicitly approves intended access.

  3. 03

    Retain the release context.

    Recheck the changed version and keep the outcome with your other release evidence.

BUILD WITH BETTER EVIDENCE

Give the release owner a clearer answer.

Bring Policy into the team’s code-review routine and use Galen Security when a release needs deeper application analysis.

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