Bridging the Gap Between Security & DevOps

Bridging the Gap Between Security & DevOps
An inside look into the engineering mindset of DevOps from the vantage of a career security professional.

Last month, I had the eye-opening experience of attending my first pure-play DevOps conference, DevOps World, put on by CloudBees. Inconveniently one week after Black Hat, the conference could not have been more dissimilar. Suffice it to say it was a significant learning experience for a career security person. I learned about security through the eyes of DevOps engineers, many of whom spoke candidly in ways they might not have spoken with security people in the room in a corporate setting.


I felt at times like I was dropped behind enemy lines, surrounded by a foreign and seemingly hostile population. What I learned is important enough to pass on to my security colleagues. This is particularly the case for security teams working with pipeline owners to pull security testing into the CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous deliver) workflow.


The starting point for any meaningful conversation with DevOps is understanding how to best position security. Here's what I learned.


Admit You Have a ProblemMany DevOps engineers representing security-conscious organizations are looking for security platforms to help them release code to production faster. This leads to a false perception of the security teams as a hindrance to achieving production goals. The good news is that many security-aware DevOps engineers I spoke to are earnestly looking for ways to solve this problem. The bad news: They have no idea where to start. This represents an opportunity for security leaders to serve up recommendations for security tooling along with an honest conversation about security ..

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