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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

What is SAST?

SAST is a type of security testing that analyzes source code or compiled binaries to identify potential security vulnerabilities. SAST is performed during software development and helps developers find security flaws early in the SDLC.

SAST is beneficial in identifying security flaws early in the development process, facilitating easier and more cost-effective remediation. Additionally, SAST helps ensure compliance with security standards and regulations, such as the OWASP Top Ten, PCI DSS, and HIPAA.

However, SAST has its limitations. Many SAST tools produce false positives and false negatives, which can be time-consuming to investigate and fix. False positives occur when the tool identifies a vulnerability that is not present, while false negatives occur when the tool fails to detect an actual vulnerability. SAST tools can also have difficulty detecting certain types of vulnerabilities, such as those related to runtime behavior. A false negative is a term that...