This research article examines the intersection of secure DevOps, cloud‑native technologies, and organizational resilience within the retail sector. With increasing cyber threats and regulatory pressures, especially in cloud environments, retailers must modernize their operational, security, and compliance frameworks. Using mixed theoretical frameworks, including secure DevOps principles, cyber resilience engineering, and cloud‑native scalability literature, we construct a comprehensive conceptual model for implementing resilient cloud operations that satisfy compliance requirements. Drawing from seminal frameworks such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF), case studies including SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline incidents, and emerging research on autonomous cloud management and observability, this article discusses critical strategies across governance, technical controls, organizational culture, and incident response. We propose a layered model that integrates compliance processes, automated security controls, real‑time observability, and proactive resilience assessments, while rigorously grounding each stage in existing literature. This comprehensive study advances theoretical and practical understanding by situating secure DevOps within broader resilience engineering principles, offering actionable recommendations for researchers and practitioners.

Secure DevOps, cloud‑native systems, cyber resilience

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