{"id":17074,"date":"2022-12-27T13:01:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T13:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finoit.com\/?p=17074"},"modified":"2023-07-20T09:51:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T09:51:30","slug":"devsecops-integrating-security-into-sdlc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finoit.com\/blog\/devsecops-integrating-security-into-sdlc\/","title":{"rendered":"DevSecOps: Integrating Security Across SDLC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Security being quintessentially paramount across the software development lifecycle (SDLC), DevSecOps shifts it to the left \u2013 the earliest phase of SDLC. It builds a holistic ecosystem of security and performance that improves accuracy and productivity while addressing the requirements at the speed the business requires.<\/em><\/p>\n

Software development life cycle (SDLC) has taken various forms since its evolution. The field has witnessed the application of diverse philosophies, each of which has brought improvements.<\/p>\n

Each evolution brought a new outlook as project managers continued to look for a one-stop approach for managing SDLC. This was until the developments culminated in DevOps.<\/p>\n

Today, DevOps is a driving force in most software development projects. Amalgamating several practices and approaches, it stitches together project management, development, and IT operations, tremendously increasing software development velocity.<\/p>\n

Integrating development tools and processes tightly, DevOps allows businesses to adjust to changing requirements, fix bugs, and incorporate new features easily and quickly. However, as security is not explicitly integrated into DevOps, security teams must work separately from the development team. In short, security falls outside development and operations and is addressed manually, distorting the DevOps cycle’s automated flow.<\/p>\n

DevSecOps overcomes this limitation of keeping security as a separate component of SDLC. It fills the gap by integrating security with development and operations, optimizing the effort and cost of remediation. As we go ahead, we go into the details to understand more about DevSecOps and why the DevOps to DevSecOps transition is essential for managing the software development life cycle of the future.<\/p>\n

What are the Security Risks in Software Development?<\/h2>\n

Security is paramount to any software development project, and each project is vulnerable to potential risks. Enterprise Strategy Group\u2019s<\/a> (ESG\u2019s) research showed that 66% of enterprises found their application security tools protecting less than 75% of their codebase. Security issues, thus, persist in software development.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a quick look at some common security risks in software development:<\/p>\n