Why a solid DevOps foundation is vital for effective DevSecOps

The article discusses why a solid DevOps foundation is crucial for effective DevSecOps implementation. It explains that as DevOps adoption has increased, developers often view security as an obstacle or afterthought due to the fast pace of development. This necessitates a new approach from security teams to keep up with the speed of DevOps. The article introduces DevSecOps as a natural extension of DevOps, emphasizing that it's more than just shifting tools left and needs to support software delivery goals while reducing security fatigue. It highlights the role of DevOps in DevSecOps, explaining how shared responsibility for application security among developers, operations, DevOps/platform teams, and security professionals is vital. The article also discusses integrating security into existing infrastructure management workflows as part of a new DevSecOps framework. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of empowering developers to take on many security tasks independently within the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to enable a secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC). The article concludes by discussing how automating security can start with shifting left and integrating DevSecOps into delivery pipelines, as well as the importance of DevSecOps in production. It also introduces Snyk, a developer-first security platform that helps integrate DevSecOps practices into every stage of the SDLC.