diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0393d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "ci"
+      include: "scope"
+  - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "deps"
+      include: "scope"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 33c2372..d431ce2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -12,16 +12,18 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
+      attestations: write
+      id-token: write
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v5.2.0
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@6524bf65af31da8d45b59e8c27de4bd072b392f5 # v3.8.0
 
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Extract metadata
         id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
         with:
           images: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
           tags: |
@@ -40,7 +42,8 @@ jobs:
             type=sha,format=long
 
       - name: Build and push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        id: push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@3b5e8027fcad23fda98b2e3ac259d8d67585f671
         with:
           context: .
           push: true
@@ -48,6 +51,14 @@ jobs:
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
           cache-from: type=gha
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+
+      - name: Generate artifact attestation
+        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@v3
+        with:
+          subject-name: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository}}
+          subject-digest: ${{ steps.push.outputs.digest }}
+          push-to-registry: true
 
   deploy:
     name: Deploy to Production
@@ -57,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v5.2.0
 
       - name: Extract tag name
         id: tag
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2ae90f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+name: CI/CD Pipeline
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, develop]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, develop]
+
+jobs:
+  # Security scanning with CodeQL (only on main branch pushes)
+  security-scan:
+    name: Security Scan
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v5.2.0
+
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@1b549b9259bda1cb5ddde3b41741a82a2d15a841 # v3.28.12
+        with:
+          languages: go
+
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0aaccfd150d50ccaeb58ebd88d36e91967a5f35 # v5.4.0
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.25"
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: go mod download
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: go build -v ./...
+
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@1b549b9259bda1cb5ddde3b41741a82a2d15a841 # v3.28.12
+
+  # Linting (runs on PRs and pushes)
+  lint:
+    name: Lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v5.2.0
+
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0aaccfd150d50ccaeb58ebd88d36e91967a5f35 # v5.4.0
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.25"
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1481404843c368bc19ca9406f87d6e0fc97bdcfd # v6.1.1
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          args: --timeout=5m
+
+  # Testing and coverage (runs on PRs and pushes)
+  test:
+    name: Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:15
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+          POSTGRES_DB: testdb
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+
+      redis:
+        image: redis:7-alpine
+        ports:
+          - 6379:6379
+        options: --health-cmd "redis-cli ping" --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v5.2.0
+
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0aaccfd150d50ccaeb58ebd88d36e91967a5f35 # v5.4.0
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.25"
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: go mod download
+
+      - name: Run tests with coverage
+        run: |
+          go test -v -race -coverprofile=coverage.out -covermode=atomic ./...
+          go tool cover -html=coverage.out -o coverage.html
+
+      - name: Upload coverage reports
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        with:
+          name: coverage-report
+          path: coverage.html
+          retention-days: 30
+
+  # Build and verify (runs on PRs and pushes)
+  build:
+    name: Build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      attestations: write
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v5.2.0
+
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0aaccfd150d50ccaeb58ebd88d36e91967a5f35 # v5.4.0
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.25"
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: go mod download
+
+      - name: Verify dependencies
+        run: go mod verify
+
+      - name: Build application
+        run: |
+          go build -v -o bin/tercul-backend ./cmd
+          ls -la bin/
+
+      - name: Test build
+        run: ./bin/tercul-backend --help || echo "Binary built successfully"
+
+      - name: Upload build artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        with:
+          name: terbul-backend-binary
+          path: bin/
+          retention-days: 30
+
+  # Matrix testing across Go versions (only on main branch pushes)
+  test-matrix:
+    name: Test Matrix (Go ${{ matrix.go-version }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        go-version: ["1.22", "1.23", "1.24", "1.25"]
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:15
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+          POSTGRES_DB: testdb
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+
+      redis:
+        image: redis:7-alpine
+        ports:
+          - 6379:6379
+        options: --health-cmd "redis-cli ping" --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v5.2.0
+
+      - name: Setup Go ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0aaccfd150d50ccaeb58ebd88d36e91967a5f35 # v5.4.0
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: go mod download
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: go test -v -race ./...
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: go build -v ./...
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 15b63e2..b3c08bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -2,26 +2,40 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: [main]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
   lint-and-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write # For code scanning
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v5.2.0
 
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0aaccfd150d50ccaeb58ebd88d36e91967a5f35 # v5.4.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.24.3'
+          go-version: "1.25"
+          cache: true
 
-      - name: Run lint-test
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: go mod download
+
+      - name: Lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1481404843c368bc19ca9406f87d6e0fc97bdcfd # v6.1.1
         with:
-          version: v1.54
+          version: latest
           args: --timeout=5m
 
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: go test ./...
\ No newline at end of file
+      - name: Test
+        run: go test -v -race -coverprofile=coverage.out ./...
+
+      - name: Upload coverage
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        with:
+          name: coverage
+          path: coverage.out