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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 measures can we take to monitor an environment?

Mapping posture management to the organization’s strategy involves integrating security considerations and measures into the broader strategic planning and execution process within the organization.

Think of your organization as a castle. The organization’s strategy is like the blueprint for building and expanding the castle, while security posture management is like the plans for the castle’s defenses – its walls, gates, guards, and watchtowers. Just as a castle’s defenses need to be built with its layout and expansion plans in mind, your organization’s security measures need to be aligned with its strategic objectives.

This means that when you’re laying out the strategy for your organization – maybe you’re planning to launch a new online service, or you’re looking to store more customer data – you need to consider how these moves will impact your...