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+name: Automated Security Gates
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main, master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main, master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-scan:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Automated Vulnerability Scan (Trivy)
+        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@0.33.1
+        with:
+          scan-type: 'fs'
+          ignore-unfixed: true
+          format: 'sarif'
+          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
+          exit-code: '1'
+
+      - name: Upload SARIF results to GitHub Code Scanning
+        uses: github/code-scanning-action/upload-sarif@v2
+        with:
+          sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
+
+      - name: Upload Trivy SARIF artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: trivy-sarif
+          path: trivy-results.sarif