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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

The benefits of the program

A DevSecOps program is beneficial not only for creating a secure software development and deployment process but also for fostering a security-centric organizational culture. This can lead to better product quality, increased trust from customers and stakeholders, and a more resilient digital infrastructure. It merges the principles of DevOps with security, ensuring that security is an integral part of the development and deployment processes.

Implementing a DevSecOps program can offer a wide range of benefits:

  • Early detection of vulnerabilities: Identifying security flaws earlier in the development life cycle reduces the time and cost associated with mitigating them later
  • Reduced attack surface: Continuous security checks and automated testing decrease the vulnerabilities that can be exploited
  • Faster remediation: Immediate feedback and automation enable developers to fix security issues more swiftly
  • Cost savings: Addressing vulnerabilities...