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DevSecOps for Azure

DevSecOps for Azure

By : David Okeyode, Joylynn Kirui
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DevSecOps for Azure

DevSecOps for Azure

4.8 (11)
By: David Okeyode, Joylynn Kirui

Overview of this book

Businesses must prioritize security, especially when working in the constantly evolving Azure cloud. However, many organizations struggle to maintain security and compliance. Attackers are increasingly targeting software development processes, making software supply chain security crucial. This includes source control systems, build systems, CI/CD platforms, and various artifacts. With the help of this book, you’ll be able to enhance security and compliance in Azure software development processes. Starting with an overview of DevOps and its relationship with Agile methodologies and cloud computing, you'll gain a solid foundation in DevSecOps principles. The book then delves into the security challenges specific to DevOps workflows and how to address them effectively. You'll learn how to implement security measures in the planning phase, including threat modeling and secure coding practices. You'll also explore pre-commit security controls, source control security, and the integration of various security tools in the build and test phases. The book covers crucial aspects of securing the release and deploy phases, focusing on artifact integrity, infrastructure as code security, and runtime protection. By the end of this book, you’ll have the knowledge and skills to implement a secure code-to-cloud process for the Azure cloud.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Part 1: Understanding DevOps and DevSecOps
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Part 2: Securing the Plan and Code Phases of DevOps
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Part 3: Securing the Build, Test, Release, and Operate Phases of DevOps

Securing the development environment

Attackers are increasingly targeting developer tools and workspaces (IDEs, extensions, SDKs), regardless of whether they are running locally or cloud-based, with the intent of interfering with pre-commit phase activities. By compromising these, attackers can embed malicious code early in the software development process with the aim of impacting a broad number of downstream consumers.

But why even target activities in the pre-commit phase? Because it can sometimes allow them to bypass tighter security checks later in the process. Unfortunately, many organizations tend to trust code from their developers without further scrutiny. Attackers are looking to exploit this trust to sneak in undetected. A notable example is the Solorigate breach in 2019, where hackers discreetly added 4,000 lines of malicious code at an early stage, which allowed the code to be officially approved and digitally signed after the code was committed to the repository.

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