diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 105784d85b11f231e4f6b2b3a7236f85673d9629..a6e281c4fa94f65595038ebdc89398733bccfd86 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,19 +5,14 @@ variables:
   GOLANG_VERSION: "1.16"
 
 stages:
-  - .pre
   - build
   - test
+  - analyze
   - apply
   - integration-test
   - deploy
   - .post
 
-workflow:
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
-      when: never
-    - when: always
 
 include:
   - local: '/.gitlab/ci/.build-container.yml'
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/.build-container.yml b/.gitlab/ci/.build-container.yml
index 99c7cb1e20520343f459e89396936463537e2d84..189e34f47c492cf28bb895130e1882df4e955134 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/.build-container.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/.build-container.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
     entrypoint: [ "" ]
   variables:
     TAG: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
+  before_script:
+      # replace all slashes in the tag with hyphen, because slashes are not allowed in tags
+    - TAG=${TAG//\//-}
+    - mkdir -p /kaniko/.docker
+    - echo "{\"auths\":{\"$CI_REGISTRY\":{\"username\":\"$CI_REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD\"},\"$CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_SERVER\":{\"username\":\"$CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_USER\",\"password\":\"$CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_TOKEN\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
+  needs: []
+
+build-testing-image:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
       variables:
@@ -14,14 +22,6 @@
         TAG: develop
         BUILDARGS: -race
     - when: always
-  before_script:
-      # replace all slashes in the tag with hyphen, because slashes are not allowed in tags
-    - TAG=${TAG//\//-}
-    - mkdir -p /kaniko/.docker
-    - echo "{\"auths\":{\"$CI_REGISTRY\":{\"username\":\"$CI_REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD\"}}}" >/kaniko/.docker/config.json
-  needs: []
-
-build-testing-image:
   script:
     - /kaniko/executor
       --cache=true
@@ -29,11 +29,23 @@ build-testing-image:
       --dockerfile "Dockerfile"
       --build-arg "GOLANG_VERSION=$GOLANG_VERSION"
       --build-arg "BUILDARGS=$BUILDARGS"
+      --build-arg "GITLAB_PROXY=${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/"
       --destination "$GOSDN_TESTING_IMAGE"
       --target "installer"
   <<: *build
 
 build-image:
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+      variables:
+        TAG: latest
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop"
+      variables:
+        TAG: develop
+        BUILDARGS: -race
+    - when: always
   script:
     - /kaniko/executor
       --cache=true
@@ -41,6 +53,9 @@ build-image:
       --dockerfile "Dockerfile"
       --build-arg "GOLANG_VERSION=$GOLANG_VERSION"
       --build-arg "BUILDARGS=$BUILDARGS"
+      --build-arg "GITLAB_PROXY=${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/"
       --destination "$GOSDN_IMAGE"
       --destination "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$TAG"
   <<: *build
+
+      #--build-arg "GITLAB_PROXY=${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/"
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/.code-quality-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/.code-quality-ci.yml
index dec181fcd6a0a091a2a368409530dedf2ed10316..3910d884c536da0059a8e09f41309fc4ae806eab 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/.code-quality-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/.code-quality-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 code-quality:
-  image: golangci/golangci-lint:latest-alpine
-  stage: test
+  image: ${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/golangci/golangci-lint:latest-alpine
+  stage: analyze
   script:
     # writes golangci-lint output to gl-code-quality-report.json
     - golangci-lint run --config .gitlab/ci/.golangci-config/.golangci.yml --out-format code-climate | tee gl-code-quality-report.json
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml
index c3df1abacca1c42ba1feb8eaf4a0803b656c2ecd..f3a06f8ad8ef783f36b176cab610549781be6cac 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ variables:
 # Templates for Job Types
 .containerlab_deploy: &containerlab_deploy
   stage: apply
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
   tags:
     - shell
   before_script:
@@ -16,8 +20,12 @@ variables:
     - docker pull ${CEOS_IMAGE}
 
 .containerlab_template: &containerlab_template
-  image: alpine:latest
+  image: ${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/alpine:latest
   stage: build
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
   before_script:
     - export PATH="${PATH}:${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.gitlab/ci/scripts"
     - firstOctet=$(generate_octet.sh $CI_COMMIT_SHA)
@@ -61,6 +69,10 @@ containerlab:deploy:integration:
 
 
 containerlab:destroy:
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never
+    - when: always
   stage: .post
   tags:
     - shell
@@ -72,7 +84,6 @@ containerlab:destroy:
     - docker volume rm -f ${CLAB_NAME}-volume
     - docker image rm -f ${GOSDN_IMAGE}
   allow_failure: true
-  when: always
 
 
 #containerlab:template:develop:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/.deploy-k8s.yml b/.gitlab/ci/.deploy-k8s.yml
index bac4bcbbe1e466d32866bdef4690632cdf451121..e2d8e52baae3834784bfd8cbe1a36f38d699b3bd 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/.deploy-k8s.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/.deploy-k8s.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 build:k8s-bot:
   stage: build
-  image: golang:$GOLANG_VERSION
+  image: ${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/golang:$GOLANG_VERSION
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ build:k8s-bot:
 
 .deploy: &deploy
   image: 
-    name: bitnami/kubectl:latest
+    name: ${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/bitnami/kubectl:latest
     entrypoint: [""]
   before_script:
     - echo "override global before script"
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/.integration-test.yml b/.gitlab/ci/.integration-test.yml
index ef542259e7e7e2acd2ef8119cea98e2cf7eabefb..dc80d9815835f0c4231c5248234be38958da64dd 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/.integration-test.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/.integration-test.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 .integration-test: &integration-test
   image: $GOSDN_TESTING_IMAGE
   stage: integration-test
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
   needs:
     - job: "containerlab:deploy:integration"
   tags:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/.security-and-compliance-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/.security-and-compliance-ci.yml
index 3e98b739e62763538a6e6fe0d5bcf9259b91fbbd..a42c6695e77f10cfb7440e317bfbd0b73a629da9 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/.security-and-compliance-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/.security-and-compliance-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+.rules: &rules
+  stage: analyze
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never
+    - when: always
+  needs: []
+
 sast:
   variables:
     SAST_ANALYZER_IMAGE_TAG: '2'
@@ -8,3 +16,33 @@ include:
   - template: Security/SAST.gitlab-ci.yml
   - template: Dependency-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml
   - template: Security/License-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml
+#  - template: Security/Secret-Detection.gitlab-ci.yml
+  - template: Security/Container-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml
+
+gemnasium-dependency_scanning:
+  <<: *rules
+
+gosec-sast:
+  <<: *rules
+
+license_scanning:
+  <<: *rules
+
+semgrep-sast:
+  <<: *rules
+
+#secret_detection:
+#  <<: *rules
+
+container_scanning:
+  stage: analyze
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never
+    - when: always
+  variables:
+    DOCKER_IMAGE: "${GOSDN_IMAGE}"
+    DOCKER_USER: "${CI_REGISTRY_USER}"
+    DOCKER_PASSWORD: "${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}"
+  needs: 
+    - build-image
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/.test.yml b/.gitlab/ci/.test.yml
index 68b22dc6fd23a977476696aa803b78c1710a4adf..762da835770a5f8e3666f8287a18a1d83b6db509 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/.test.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/.test.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 .test: &test
   image: $GOSDN_TESTING_IMAGE
   stage: test
+  rules:
+    - when: on_success
   variables:
     GOSDN_LOG: "nolog"
     GOSDN_CHANGE_TIMEOUT: "100ms"
@@ -24,3 +26,10 @@ controller-test:
   script:
     - gotestsum --junitfile report.xml --format testname -- -race -v -run TestRun
   <<: *test
+
+test-build:
+  artifacts:
+    when: never
+  script:
+    - GOOS=linux go build $BUILDARGS ./cmd/gosdn
+  <<: *test
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/.uml-autogen-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/.uml-autogen-ci.yml
index cd7db4c9dceb8716b47f27401b940159157b26d3..adaf8c99dc09056b5183d0177e7c3e7dfaf6a5b3 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/.uml-autogen-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/.uml-autogen-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 goplantuml:
-    image: golang:$GOLANG_VERSION
+    image: ${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/golang:$GOLANG_VERSION
     stage: .post
     only:
         - develop
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 48ab0f161f61439459a792aac584ee7c82132630..b583530d460522d176b4899f774ef7e73c546f80 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.16
 ARG BUILDARGS
+ARG $GITLAB_PROXY
 
-FROM golang:$GOLANG_VERSION-buster AS installer
+FROM ${GITLAB_PROXY}golang:$GOLANG_VERSION-buster AS installer
 
 WORKDIR /src/gosdn
 COPY go.* ./
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ COPY . ./
 
 RUN GOOS=linux go build $BUILDARGS ./cmd/gosdn
 
-FROM debian:bullseye
+FROM ${GITLAB_PROXY}debian:bullseye
 EXPOSE 8080
 EXPOSE 55055
 COPY --from=builder /src/gosdn/gosdn .