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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

Open source SAST tools

Several open source SAST tools are available that organizations can use to identify security vulnerabilities in their code. Here are some of the most popular ones:

  • Bandit: Bandit is a SAST tool explicitly designed for Python applications. It identifies common security issues such as SQL injection, XSS, and buffer overflows. Bandit can be integrated with popular development environments such as PyCharm and Visual Studio Code, and it provides detailed reports that highlight vulnerabilities and recommended remediation steps. It is available for free on GitHub.

    Link: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit

  • FindSecBugs: FindSecBugs is a SAST tool that identifies security vulnerabilities in Java applications. It can identify vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, command injection, and XSS. FindSecBugs can be used with popular Java development environments such as Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA, and it provides detailed reports that highlight vulnerabilities and recommended...