The ability to deploy secure software faster and more efficiently is becoming a decisive competitive factor in digital market environments. Traditional approaches, in which security is decoupled from the development workflow, are no longer sufficient.
In order to effectively address security risks while keeping pace with ever shorter release cycles, application security and data protection must be an integral part of the secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) from the outset.
Secure agile software development goes far beyond simply implementing tools. If you want to effectively integrate security and data protection components into your development workflow, you need to create the right conditions for a DevSecOps practice that is put into action:
SPEED
Developers can fix vulnerabilities in the code while programming, which continuously improves code quality and reduces the effort required for security checks.
COLLABORATION
A shared mindset on safety aligns goals with safety and encourages employees to collaborate with others outside their functional silos.
EFFICIENCY
DevSecOps saves costs and employee resources by reducing the effort required to fix security vulnerabilities the earlier they are addressed.
As security experts with roots in agile software development, we understand the challenges involved in comprehensive DevSecOps transformations. We address four dimensions in this process:
Shift Left brings security closer to the development process. This requires new roles, processes, and forms of collaboration between development and security teams.
In order to identify and fix security vulnerabilities early on in the development process, developer teams need to acquire new skills and abilities.
In order for Shift Left and DevSecOps principles to be actively practiced, a culture of shared security responsibility and active communication must be established at the team and management levels.
The introduction of continuous security testing as part of the CI/CD pipeline and the automation of manual processes are key prerequisites for efficiently securing agile development processes.
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Jan Girlich, Lead Application Pentesting
Shift Left Security means integrating security as an integral part of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) right from the start. This means that security aspects are taken into account in the early stages of development rather than at the end, resulting in more secure and efficient software development.
By incorporating security checks and protection mechanisms early in the development process, vulnerabilities can be eliminated at an early stage, code quality can be improved, the effort required for subsequent corrections can be reduced, and cooperation between development and security can be strengthened.
iteratec pursues a holistic DevSecOps approach, in which security is understood as an integral part of agile software development. The central challenges of a DevSecOps transformation are addressed holistically by considering and developing several dimensions—such as organization, processes, technology, and culture—together.
