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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

What’s next?

The next book in the DevSecOps series could explore advanced concepts and deeper intricacies of the practice. It would be a hands-on book that contains examples, code, and pipelines that you could test and learn with. Here’s a proposed outline:

  1. Advanced DevSecOps strategies:

    The book could delve deeper into implementing more sophisticated DevSecOps strategies that can help organizations achieve greater security resilience. For instance, topics could include multi-layered defense systems, cloud-native security strategies, and how to utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance security measures. Just like leveling up in a video game, these advanced strategies are the power-ups your DevSecOps team needs!

  2. Dealing with DevSecOps challenges:

    A significant portion of the book might be dedicated to handling challenges and setbacks in a DevSecOps setup. These could include managing false positives in security checks, dealing with legacy...