Security in the Cloud for DevOps

Securing DevOps explores how the techniques of DevOps and security should be applied together to make cloud services safer. This introductory book reviews the latest practices used in securing web applications and their infrastructure and teaches you techniques to integrate security directly into your product. You'll also learn the core concepts of DevOps, such as continuous integration, continuous delivery, and infrastructure as a service.

An application running in the cloud can benefit from incredible efficiencies, but they come with unique security threats too. A DevOps team's highest priority is understanding those risks and hardening the system against them. Securing DevOps teaches you the essential techniques to secure your cloud services. Using compelling case studies, it shows you how to build security into automated testing, continuous delivery, and other core DevOps processes. This experience-rich book is filled with mission-critical strategies to protect web applications against attacks, deter fraud attempts, and make your services safer when operating at scale. You'll also learn to identify, assess, and secure the unique vulnerabilities posed by cloud deployments and automation tools commonly used in modern infrastructures.

Readers should be comfortable with Linux and standard DevOps practices like CI, CD, and unit testing. Julien Vehent, the author, is a security architect and DevOps advocate. He leads the Firefox Operations Security team at Mozilla, and is responsible for the security of Firefox's high-traffic cloud services and public websites.

The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 presents a case study, applying layers of security to a simple DevOps pipeline. This includes protecting web applications, cloud infrastructures, communications, and the delivery pipeline. Part 2 focuses on watching for anomalies and protecting services against attacks, covering log collection and analysis, intrusion detection, and a case study on incident response. Part 3 discusses maturing DevOps security, addressing risk assessment, security testing, and continuous security practices.

The purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

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