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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

Case study 2 – Capital One data breach

Another example of the importance of IaC security can be seen in the Capital One data breach that occurred in 2019. In this incident, a hacker exploited a misconfigured firewall in an AWS environment, which led to the theft of the personal information of over 100 million Capital One customers.

The root cause of the breach was a misconfigured web application firewall, which was discovered to have been misconfigured due to a configuration error in the IaC templates used to deploy the AWS environment. The hacker was able to exploit this misconfiguration and gain access to sensitive data.

This incident highlights the importance of ensuring the security of IaC templates and configurations as any misconfigurations or vulnerabilities can have serious consequences for the security of the entire infrastructure. It also emphasizes the need for ongoing monitoring and testing to ensure that the infrastructure remains secure and free from vulnerabilities...