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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

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Software security is an essential aspect of software development, and Static Application Security Testing (SAST) is an essential tool in ensuring software security. SAST is a type of security testing that involves analyzing source code or compiled binaries to identify security vulnerabilities. SAST tools can help developers find security flaws early in the development life cycle, reducing the risk of security incidents and ensuring compliance with security standards. This chapter will provide an overview of SAST security, as well as its benefits and limitations, and discuss how it fits into the overall software development process.

SAST occurs early in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as it analyzes code in a non-running state and does not require a working application. This chapter covers the free and open source tools around SAST:

  • What is SAST?
  • Identifying vulnerabilities early in the development process
  • Resolving...