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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 – HealthPlus

Our subject here is HealthPlus, a hypothetical large healthcare provider that operates numerous hospitals and clinics and uses complex software systems to manage patient data, medical records, scheduling appointments, and billing. Its software environment is a mix of legacy systems and newer cloud-based applications.

Initially, HealthPlus followed a traditional waterfall model for software development. However, with the increased need for real-time data, it transitioned to an Agile-DevOps model, which significantly improved the speed and flexibility of its software development and deployment process.

The importance of security in healthcare data and systems

Healthcare providers such as HealthPlus manage extremely sensitive data, such as patient health records and personally identifiable information (PII). As such, they are bound by strict regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the US or the General...