How can we integrate security into the DevOps pipelines?
Without a doubt, this may be one of the most common questions from security teams nowadays. The reason behind it is, security teams are only being involved by DevOps teams when business clients reach out about compliance, security, and internal as well as external regulations. By the time this stage of the project is reached, the CI/CD pipeline is already built-in, and it may be too complex for security teams to understand all the stages in the pipeline process.
Traditionally, DevOps teams have a singular focus on building applications and delivering on release dates with little consideration to which security layers should be added to the pipeline. This is mainly because of three key challenges:
1º — The lack of knowledge security teams possess of DevOps.
2º — The high demand business units face to deliver new features, applications, and fixes, forcing DevOps teams to skip the stage of integrating security into the pipeline.
3º — The inadequate selection of security solutions to be seamlessly integrated into the pipeline.
