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Implementing DevSecOps Practices

By : Vandana Verma Sehgal
Book Image

Implementing DevSecOps Practices

By: Vandana Verma Sehgal

Overview of this book

DevSecOps is built on the idea that everyone is responsible for security, with the goal of safely distributing security decisions at speed and scale to those who hold the highest level of context. This practice of integrating security into every stage of the development process helps improve both the security and overall quality of the software. This book will help you get to grips with DevSecOps and show you how to implement it, starting with a brief introduction to DevOps, DevSecOps, and their underlying principles. After understanding the principles, you'll dig deeper into different topics concerning application security and secure coding before learning about the secure development lifecycle and how to perform threat modeling properly. You’ll also explore a range of tools available for these tasks, as well as best practices for developing secure code and embedding security and policy into your application. Finally, you'll look at automation and infrastructure security with a focus on continuous security testing, infrastructure as code (IaC), protecting DevOps tools, and learning about the software supply chain. By the end of this book, you’ll know how to apply application security, safe coding, and DevSecOps practices in your development pipeline to create robust security protocols.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Part 1:DevSecOps – What and How?
3
Part 2: DevSecOps Principles and Processes
8
Part 3:Technology
15
Part 4: Tools
17
Part 5: Governance and an Effective Security Champions Program
20
Part 6: Case Studies and Conclusion

Discussing past breaches

Let’s delve into a few of the most impactful security breaches from the past, detailing their causes and ramifications. I’ll mention the specifics in a human-friendly manner. Although I can’t provide direct clickable links (due to platform limitations), I’ll mention sources you can search for further reading:

  1. Equifax (2017):
    • Details: Equifax, a giant in the credit reporting industry, disclosed that the personal data of 147 million people, including Social Security numbers, addresses, and in some cases, credit card information, had been exposed.
    • Cause: The breach was attributed to a web application vulnerability related to Apache Struts, a popular open source framework. Equifax failed to patch this vulnerability in time.
    • Impact: The breach had significant consequences, affecting almost half of the U.S. population. It led to regulatory fines and a class-action lawsuit.
    • Further reading: Look for the Equifax breach on the US Federal...