DevSecOps

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What does the text emphasize as crucial in delivering software products to clients?

Considering context systems as mission critical and effectively funding them (correct)

Focusing on the development process only

Ignoring the backend systems such as HR, marketing, and development

Minimizing investment in context systems

What determines the value of software products?

The organization's backend systems

The client (correct)

The development team

The marketing strategy

What is the main goal of value stream management?

Maximizing investment in backend systems

Delivering software products that provide value to consumers' lives (correct)

Minimizing the development process

Creating complex software solutions

What should the stages of the value stream create to maximize return on investment and please customers?

Value in the customer-centric understanding of the term Signup and view all the answers

Why can mapping the value stream from beginning to end be difficult in large businesses?

Because software development and delivery in large businesses are complicated Signup and view all the answers

What should never be killed by context, according to the text?

Core Signup and view all the answers

What encompasses all activities required to offer software products or services to clients, from concept to production?

Software value stream Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of Eslint in Node.js development?

Identifying coding issues and improper interface usage Signup and view all the answers

What is a key emphasis of DevOps?

Collaboration and culture change Signup and view all the answers

How can DevOps success be measured?

Lead time, deployment frequency, change fail, time to restore, and availability metrics Signup and view all the answers

What is considered the most crucial component of a DevOps strategy?

People Signup and view all the answers

What was a significant challenge to DevOps success in 2020?

Organizational learning and transition challenges Signup and view all the answers

What are the key metrics that organizations often struggle with in DevOps?

Throughput and velocity Signup and view all the answers

What can lead to failure in DevOps efforts?

Unrealistic goals, poor metrics alignment, and incomplete DevOps efforts Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of value stream management?

Capturing all parts of the software delivery process Signup and view all the answers

What does 'shift left' testing aim to achieve?

Bringing testing closer to the beginning of the software development process Signup and view all the answers

What are the DevOps metrics used as indicators of a value stream’s health?

Deployment frequency, lead time, meantime to repair, and change fail rate Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of product thinking?

Identifying, understanding, and prioritizing challenges encountered by a specific group of customers Signup and view all the answers

What do value stream management platforms provide through their integration architecture?

End-to-end visibility and traceability across the value chain Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of flow metrics in value stream management?

Provide insight into the value stream's performance and how it is increasing and protecting value delivery Signup and view all the answers

What is Node.js?

An open-source, cross-platform runtime environment for JavaScript Signup and view all the answers

What is DevSecOps primarily focused on?

Integrating security into the three ways of DevOps Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of dynamic application security testing (DAST)?

Conducting scripted assaults and fuzzing against the application Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of static application security testing (SAST) tools?

Eliminating entire bug classes if fine-tuned Signup and view all the answers

What do containers ensure for applications?

Consistent running in different environments Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of third-party components in applications?

Over half of all code in applications is made up of third-party components Signup and view all the answers

What do the Common Vulnerability Enumerator database (CVE) and the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) contain?

A list of all officially known vulnerabilities Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of DevSecOps culture?

Shared accountability and deploying better software more quickly Signup and view all the answers

Why has application security evolved with the industry's shift to DevOps?

To integrate itself across the three 'ways' and ensure high-quality software Signup and view all the answers

What are the five strategies for building a DevSecOps pipeline mentioned in the text?

Using unit tests as a weapon, ensuring the safety of third-party components, auditing system and settings, conducting dynamic application security testing, and including static application security testing in the workflow Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

DevSecOps: Ensuring Security in DevOps World

Application security has evolved with the industry's shift to DevOps, integrating itself across the three "ways" to ensure high-quality software.
Security has adapted to work alongside development and operations, adding security checks to the pipeline and breaking activities into smaller, faster chunks.
DevSecOps refers to integrating security into the three ways, conducting application security within a DevOps context.
Five strategies for building a DevSecOps pipeline include using unit tests as a weapon, ensuring the safety of third-party components, auditing system and settings, conducting dynamic application security testing, and including static application security testing in the workflow.
Third-party components now make up over half of all code in applications, and 26% of those components have known vulnerabilities.
MITRE developed the Common Vulnerability Enumerator database (CVE), and the US government created the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), both containing a list of all officially known vulnerabilities.
Containers are standardized software components that wrap up code and its dependencies, ensuring applications run consistently in different environments.
Verifying the state of server patches, configuration, encryption status, and security headers is crucial to ensuring a secure deployment.
Dynamic application security testing (DAST) involves conducting scripted assaults and fuzzing against the application, and should be run in a parallel security pipeline or after hours.
Static application security testing (SAST) tools are slow, expensive, and have a high false positive rate, but can potentially eliminate entire bug classes if fine-tuned.
DevSecOps is about culture and shared accountability, aiming to deploy better software more quickly and to discover and respond to software issues in production more efficiently.
DevSecOps is important in the DevOps cycle, ensuring seamless integration of security testing and protection throughout the software development and deployment lifecycle.

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Test your knowledge of DevSecOps and its role in ensuring security in the DevOps world with this quiz. Explore strategies for integrating security into the development and operations processes, and learn about key concepts such as unit tests, third-party component safety, application security testing, containerization, vulnerability databases, and more.