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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 3 – Netflix environment improvement

One example of the benefits of IaC can be seen in the story of how Netflix was able to improve its infrastructure using IaC tools. Before adopting IaC, Netflix had a manually managed infrastructure that was difficult to scale and prone to errors. They needed a solution that would allow them to quickly and easily spin up new resources as needed, while also ensuring consistency and reducing the risk of errors.

To address these challenges, Netflix adopted an IaC approach using the open source tool known as Chef. This allowed them to automate the provisioning of their infrastructure, ensuring that each component was configured consistently and accurately. As a result, Netflix was able to greatly improve its infrastructure’s flexibility and scalability, while also reducing the risk of errors and misconfigurations. The IaC approach also made it easier for Netflix to test and deploy new changes, reducing the time and effort required...