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1. The Shift-Left Approach
You can secure each phase of the development life cycle by leveraging this approach. The general meaning here is, you start to test as early as possible. If you adopt this approach, you can improve the quality of the final output, reduce the test cycles and reduce security vulnerabilities as well.
2. Implementation of a Threat Modeling method
When you use a threat modeling mechanism in DevOps workflows, the developers and security experts would be able to take a look at the system from the point of view of an attacker. This will make the developers code carefully. These models can help you identify potential bugs in both software design and architecture.
3. Train the Developers properly
Making the developers aware of the importance of security is crucial. Irrespective of what their role is, all developers should take security seriously. Improving the overall security knowledge and application of those practices will improve the organization’s credibility.
4. Utilizing the security vulnerable tools
There are many security tools available for both static and dynamic apps. The developers can make use of them to identify bugs during the early stages of development. The good part is, most of those are automated. Hence the development team can save the time they invest in identifying these vulnerabilities.
5. Conducting Bug Bounty Programs
Rewards for the bug bounties are going to be a major motivation for both internal and external security experts. They will take their job seriously and inspect the systems closely for flaws.
6. The practice of Security as code
When it comes to the evolution in DevOps, this is the next phase. Here, security is completely embedded in the process of development. Secure coding practices at the beginning of the development phase are important and, this practice facilitates the same. The developers will be able to identify the possible bugs and take the steps to prevent and tackle those when they use this technique.
