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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

Loss due to not following the SAST process

It is difficult to quantify the exact amount of loss that has occurred as a result of not following SAST processes since the impact of a security breach can vary widely, depending on the nature and scope of the breach, the industry in which it occurred, and other factors.

However, data breaches can result in significant financial losses, both for the affected organization and for its customers. In addition to direct costs such as legal fees, remediation costs, and lost revenue, there can be indirect costs, such as damage to reputation, loss of customer trust, and decreased shareholder value.

According to a 2021 report by IBM, the average total cost of a data breach was $4.24 million in 2021, up from $3.86 million in 2020. This includes costs such as investigation and escalation, notification and communication, legal and regulatory expenses, and remediation and recovery.

Furthermore, the report found that the longer it took to detect...