DevSecOps
DevOps isn’t just about development and operations team. If you want to take full advantage of the agility and responsiveness of a DevOps approach, IT Security must also play an integrated role in the full life cycle of your apps.
DevSecOps is the philosophy of integrating security practices within DevOps process. DevSecOps involves creating a ‘Security as Code’ culture with ongoing, flexible collaboration between release engineers and security teams. The goal is to bridge traditional gaps between IT and security while ensuring fast, safe delivery of code.
Hackers now consider software development companies as a worthy target for their cyber criminal activity. If they are able to insert malware into your build process or deployed web application, every customer who uses your software becomes a victim. The hit to the company’s reputation is massive, especially in an era when bad news goes viral in an instant.
Here are six important components of a DevSecOps approach:
- Code analysis — deliver code in small chunks so vulnerabilities can be identified quickly.
- Change management — increase speed and efficiency by allowing anyone to submit changes, then determine whether the change is good or bad.
- Compliance monitoring — be ready for an audit at any time (which means being in a constant state of compliance, including gathering evidence of GDPR compliance, PCI compliance, etc.).
- Threat investigation — identify potential emerging threats with each code update and be able to respond quickly.
- Vulnerability assessment — identify new vulnerabilities with code analysis, then analyze how quickly they are being responded to and patched.
- Security training — train software and IT engineers with guidelines for set routines.
If you haven’t already begun the process, the time is now to merge your security goals with DevOps and implement ‘Security as Code’ DevSecOps best practices.
