DevSecOps stands for development, security, and operations. By its name, we can guess it is more like DevOps with the integration of security tools. The more formal definition, it is an approach to design and automate the integration of security at every phase of the software development lifecycle. This term became more popular when many cloud providers and code management tools started to use the name in many places on their platforms.
As it integrates security tools in every phase of SDLC and automates the process, this approach can help developers catch vulnerabilities early. Besides it can help us to ensure that our project aligns with regulatory compliance from the beginning. This state can lead to cost-effective software delivery by reducing time to market and can help organizations build a security-aware culture.
Security become a concern of more companies nowadays as the increasing of cyber incidents. Traditional DevOps may lack in a few aspects. First, in traditional DevOps, security usually becomes an afterthought that leads to vulnerabilities going unnoticed until late in the deployment. Moreover, a lack of collaboration between development and security can lead to miscommunication or issues during software development. Without security tools integration, the project may lack of real-time visibility into any security issues or vulnerabilities. Meeting regulatory and compliance requirements can also be a complex and time-consuming process in traditional DevOps.
The following picture shows how security tools can be integrated into every phase of SDLC.
Implementing DevSecOps in projects in our organization can be done step by step. These are a few steps on how we can have a successful implementation.
- Standardising processes in all components of existing development
- Share a common objective with all members of the organization
- Update existing pipelines to automate security tools integration
- Start small and iterate
- Scale using cloud technologies
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