Ravi, security automation engineer at Junction, sends an automation that enriches suspicious-login alerts and disables an account once approved down an eight-stage pipeline that bends back on itself: identify the right task, design it idempotent with no admin key, script it in Python with rate limits, integrate the SIEM, EDR and ticketing, test it with unit tests, a dry run and a sandbox, guardrail it with approval, a cap and an undo, deploy it CI-gated and monitored, and maintain it versioned or retired. The guardrails panel shows Priya's rule — no automation ships without a kill switch — with a real approval gate instead of a chat message, a cap on hosts isolated at once, reversible isolation, HMAC-verified webhooks and vaulted secrets.

CY-MID-045Mid Level · Security Automation

Security Automation Engineering — The Automation Pipeline

A hands-on mid-level course that automates repetitive security work safely. Work the automation pipeline - eight stages: Identify, Design, Script, Integrate, Test, Guardrail, Deploy, and Maintain - writing Python and API integrations that enrich alerts, gate actions, and run with approvals and rollback. Strictly defensive. Four hands-on activities in every lesson.

15 hours8 chapters32 lessons225 activities8 labs

What you'll learn

Pick the right repetitive security tasks to automate.
Write safe Python and API integrations with error handling.
Test automation and wrap risky actions in guardrails.
Deploy with approvals and rollback and maintain it over time.

Price:৳8,000