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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

Fine-tuning policies associated with licenses

Crafting well-defined license policies and fine-tuning them so that they align with organizational goals and legal and security standards is crucial in managing software licenses effectively. By fine-tuning license policies and establishing clear processes for managing exceptions, organizations can ensure a balanced approach to license management that aligns with legal requirements, security standards, and operational needs.

This section breaks down how to fine-tune license policies.

Establishing an organizational standard

  • Create a clear list of approved licenses that are permissible for use within the organization. This list should be based on thorough legal and security reviews.
  • Equally important is to have a list of forbidden licenses that pose potential legal risks or have security implications that are not acceptable to the organization.
  • These guidelines should be easily accessible to all developers and should...