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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 1 – FinTech Corporation

Let’s consider a hypothetical global financial services firm, FinServ Corporation. FinServ has a large, complex technology environment due to its size and the nature of its business. Its IT team was traditionally siloed, with distinct teams for development, operations, and security.

Software development at FinServ was initially structured around a waterfall model, with lengthy development cycles and infrequent, large-scale software releases. As the company faced increased competition, the need for more rapid and iterative software releases became evident. This led to the adoption of Agile and DevOps practices to increase the speed and frequency of deployments.

Challenges faced before implementing DevSecOps

  • Security was a bottleneck: Security reviews were conducted at the end of development cycles and often identified issues requiring significant rework. This caused delays in software releases and frustration among the development...