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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 Security Champions program

A Security Champions program is essentially an initiative within an organization that aims to identify and train individuals from various development teams to take on the role of a Security Champion

Think of these Champions as the superheroes of cybersecurity within their respective teams. They have a special interest in and knowledge of security, but they are also skilled developers, able to understand and speak the language of coding and application development.

Their role in the organization involves doing the following:

  • Acting as the main point of contact for security-related questions or issues within their team
  • Spreading security awareness and good practices among their team members
  • Helping integrate secure coding practices into the software development life cycle (SDLC)
  • Liaising between their team and the dedicated security team of the organization, helping both sides understand each other’s needs and constraints...