Have you heard of DevSecOps?
DevSecOps, as the name implies it is a mere practice of addressing security in the early stages of the application lifecycle. 2018 is all about to start and every year around I take a step back to ponder a bunch of predictions for the IT field, some come to be true while others are still waiting to come true within upcoming years. DevSecOps is such an interesting concept that emphasizes on every professional to take security more seriously early on and throughout, the development lifecycle.
Recently, at the Amazon Web Services conference, CTO Werner Vogels revealed that software engineers must pull up their socks to become security engineers in order to embrace continuous integration and delivery. This idea isn’t new, but it will definitely get more attention as enterprises have started embracing DevOps principles. However, shifting towards DevSecOps mindset means there is some serious need for collaboration to change processes in tech and those are far better.
Now in a development process, security is often an afterthought at best. Therefore it becomes very important for organizations to come up with safe and reliant applications, whether or not they use DevOps.
Down below I would like to mention a few tips to keep in mind while practicing DevSecOps.
~Don’t try to fit a round peg in a square hole- Try to adopt an appropriate range of testing tools for your development team. If it’s difficult and a pain, no one’s going to go out of their way to make it work, no matter what the goals are.
~ Perfection is not necessary- Many professionals have this tendency to eliminate each and every security vulnerability during testing. Understand nobody is perfect in this world. Well, I am not recommending to ignore security entirely; just accept that there may be some minimal security flaws and move on.
~ Triage your troubles- It is always advisable to focus on the big things and then work your way down on the flaws. Remember that your code isn’t perfect either.
~ Don’t use sketchy sources- gain, this should be self-explanatory. Try to minimize the use of vulnerable components from the get-go. Your developers should know better.
~ Keep clear records and consistent code- Documentation is the key, whether you are developing an enterprise app or software application. I guess, it’s good to know who changed what, so you can fix errors and ensure consistency across all iterations.
~ Lock your infrastructure up- Last but certainly not the least, no single person has the ability to change the infrastructure once in production. That way leads to madness and system errors. Instead, all changes to the infrastructure happen in development.
In a nutshell,
This shift is upending traditional notions of how, when, and where security controls should be integrated into the software. With the rise in technology, many DevSecOps practices and tools are still emerging, and there is still little consensus on the definition of DevSecOps today. So that’s all for now! keep watching the space to get a better perspective!
Written by TatvaSoft — Well-known name for Custom software application development globally.
