This blog explains how Shifting Security to the Left introduces security in the early stages of the DevOps Lifecycle, thus fixing software bugs proactively.
Throughout this process, it feels like security has been left behind a little.
'Shifting security to the left' is a popular term in the and, which means considering security during the entire SDLC and not just in the final stages.
Shifting left doesn't mean we don't need any security testing before the production release.
Since shifting security to the left has benefits like catching issues at an earlier stage, it helps the company save time and money and enhances their market reputation.
DevSecOps makes security a part of the Development and DevOps lifecycle to facilitate early feedback.
Security can't be a bottleneck, and it must be integrated at every step of the software pipeline, from development to release and monitoring.
If a developer brings some external third-party library into the code, the security team needs to review and approve it.
As most companies have pressing needs to release a new product in the market, they can't wait for manual and lengthy security reviews, so we must incorporate security within the DevOps pipeline.
The bottom line is whatever tools you choose; security is now a part of every phase.
Before deploying the code in production, most companies have a staging environment where they can perform penetration testing aimed at simulating the cyberattack and whose purpose is to evaluate the system's security.
Code Scanning: The most crucial component lies in every step of your SDLC security.
In the earlier model, the security team implemented security tests as a part of the CI/CD pipeline.
Late detection of fixing security and quality issues will be a costly affair(as developers need to spend an entire cycle fixing it, they will face a loss in customer trust and brand value), especially in production.
Challenges Cultural challenges: As security always lies on the spectrum and is an afterthought in many organizations, shifting security left will be a drastic change.
Slow Innovation: A common myth is that shifting security left will slow down the innovation process.
As security is now implemented at every SDLC layer, it will slow down things and lead to innovation barriers.
The developer and operation team follow the security best practices, but they don't own the security.
Shifting security to the left will eventually speed up the development process and help in the early detection of bugs.
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This Cyber News was published on feeds.dzone.com. Publication date: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:13:04 +0000