SecOps is the integration of security practices into software development and deployment operations.

What is SecOps?

SecOps is an approach that integrates security into development and deployment operations, combining DevOps with security practices.

Principles

Integration

  • **Early security": Integrate security from the start
  • **Automation": Automate security processes
  • **Collaboration": Collaboration between teams
  • **Continuity": Continuous security

Automation

  • **CI/CD": Integration in CI/CD
  • **Testing": Automated security testing
  • **Deployment": Secure deployment
  • **Monitoring": Security monitoring

Collaboration

  • **Teams": Collaboration between teams
  • **Communication": Effective communication
  • **Responsibilities": Shared responsibilities
  • **Culture": Security culture

Practices

Development

  • **Secure Coding": Secure code
  • **Code Review": Code review
  • **Static Analysis": Static analysis
  • **Dependency Scanning": Dependency scanning

Testing

  • **SAST": Static application security testing
  • **DAST": Dynamic application security testing
  • **IAST": Interactive application security testing
  • **Penetration Testing": Penetration testing

Deployment

  • **Secure Deployment": Secure deployment
  • **Configuration Management": Configuration management
  • **Secrets Management": Secrets management
  • **Infrastructure as Code": Infrastructure as code

Tools

Code Analysis

  • **SonarQube": Quality and security analysis
  • **Checkmarx": Security analysis
  • **Veracode": Security analysis
  • **Snyk": Dependency analysis

Testing

  • **OWASP ZAP": Web security testing
  • **Burp Suite": Security testing
  • **Nessus": Vulnerability scanning
  • **Nmap": Network scanning

CI/CD

  • **Jenkins": CI/CD automation
  • **GitLab CI": GitLab CI/CD
  • **GitHub Actions": GitHub Actions
  • **Azure DevOps": Azure DevOps

Implementation

Phase 1: Planning

  • **Analysis": Requirements analysis
  • **Design": Process design
  • **Tools": Tool selection
  • **Teams": Team formation

Phase 2: Implementation

  • **Tools": Implement tools
  • **Processes": Implement processes
  • **Training": Train teams
  • **Testing": Test implementation

Phase 3: Operation

  • **Monitoring": Continuous monitoring
  • **Improvement": Continuous improvement
  • **Optimization": Process optimization
  • **Scalability": Plan scalability

Best Practices

Development

  • **Secure Coding": Secure coding practices
  • **Code Review": Code review
  • **Testing": Security testing
  • **Documentation": Security documentation

Operations

  • **Monitoring": Security monitoring
  • **Alerts": Security alerts
  • **Response": Incident response
  • **Recovery": Disaster recovery

Culture

  • **Training": Security training
  • **Awareness": Security awareness
  • **Responsibility": Shared responsibility
  • **Improvement": Continuous improvement
  • DevOps - Base methodology of SecOps
  • SDLC - Lifecycle that SecOps protects
  • GitLab - Platform that SecOps uses
  • IaC - Infrastructure that SecOps protects
  • Container Management - Containers that SecOps protects
  • Cloud Security - Cloud security that SecOps manages
  • SIEM - System that SecOps uses
  • SOAR - Automation that SecOps implements
  • EDR - Tool that SecOps uses
  • Logs - Logs that SecOps analyzes
  • Dashboards - Visualization that SecOps uses
  • CISO - Role that supervises SecOps

References