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Security can no longer be a separate step at the end of development. Modern companies want security built into every commit, pipeline, and deployment. The\u00a0Certified DevSecOps Manager<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0program from DevSecOpsSchool is designed to create leaders who can make this happen at scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guide is for working engineers, software developers, SREs, platform and cloud engineers, and managers in India and worldwide who want to move into DevSecOps leadership roles. You will learn what the certification is, who it is for, the skills you gain, how to prepare, how it fits into different career paths, and what to do next after earning it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Master Certification Table<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Certification \/ Program<\/th>Track<\/th>Level<\/th>Who it\u2019s for<\/th>Prerequisites<\/th>Skills covered<\/th>Recommended order<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Certified DevSecOps Manager<\/td>DevSecOps<\/td>Manager \/ Lead<\/td>Engineering managers, DevOps\/SRE leads, security leaders<\/td>3\u20135+ years in DevOps\/SRE\/security, basic cloud + CI\/CD<\/td>DevSecOps strategy, governance, risk mgmt, secure CI\/CD, policy as code, metrics, culture change, compliance alignment <\/td>After DevOps\/SRE practitioner level<\/td><\/tr>
DevSecOps Professional <\/td>DevSecOps<\/td>Professional<\/td>DevOps \/ Security engineers moving into DevSecOps<\/td>DevOps basics, CI\/CD, basic app security<\/td>SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets mgmt, secure pipelines, threat modeling <\/td>Before Certified DevSecOps Manager<\/td><\/tr>
SRE \/ Reliability <\/td>SRE<\/td>Professional<\/td>SREs, ops and platform engineers<\/td>Cloud basics, monitoring, scripting<\/td>SLOs, error budgets, incident mgmt, reliability patterns <\/a>\u200b<\/td>Parallel with DevSecOps Engineer \/ before Manager<\/td><\/tr>
AIOps \/ MLOps <\/td>AIOps\/MLOps<\/td>Professional<\/td>Engineers using AI\/ML for operations and delivery<\/td>Python or scripting, stats, monitoring basics<\/td>Observability, anomaly detection, ML-driven automation <\/td>After DevOps\/SRE, complementary to DevSecOps<\/td><\/tr>
DataOps <\/td>DataOps<\/td>Professional<\/td>Data engineers, analytics platform engineers<\/td>SQL, ETL or pipeline basics<\/td>Data pipelines, data quality, governance, observability <\/a>\u200b<\/td>Parallel track, before or after DevSecOps Manager<\/td><\/tr>
FinOps <\/td>FinOps<\/td>Professional<\/td>Cloud cost and finance practitioners<\/td>Cloud basics, cost concepts<\/td>Cost visibility, allocation, optimization, budgeting <\/a>\u200b<\/td>Parallel; good before or after DevSecOps Manager<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Certified DevSecOps Manager \u2013 Mini Sections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What it is <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Certified DevSecOps Manager is a leadership-focused certification that teaches you how to embed security into every phase of the software delivery lifecycle. It covers risk management, governance, compliance as code, and the human side of changing how teams build and ship software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who should take it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This certification is ideal for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n