Cybersecurity Specialization: DevSecOps Azerbaijan Eğitimi

Who Should Attend?

• Foundational Knowledge of DevOps: Participants should have a basic understanding of DevOps principles and practices.
• Basic Security Concepts: Familiarity with fundamental cybersecurity concepts is required.
• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines: Prior experience setting up and using Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Scripting Knowledge: Experience writing scripts in languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Operating System Proficiency: A working, user-level knowledge of Unix/Linux, Mac, or Windows.

• Understand DevSecOps principles and practices to integrate security within the DevOps pipeline
• Master secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) techniques
• Get familiar with continuous security testing methods and tools to identify vulnerabilities early
• Enhance secure coding practices by understanding common vulnerabilities and how to mitigate them.
• Advanced threat modeling and risk assessment strategies
• Implement best practices for container security using container orchestration tools.
• Leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security to secure infrastructure from the ground up
• Master identity and access management (IAM) principles to manage user identities and permissions securely
• Get hands-on experience with application security testing (AST) tools to uncover and remediate security flaws.
• Utilize security information and event management (SIEM) tools for real-time analysis of security alerts
• Develop strategies for effective incident response and digital forensics
• Understand compliance and regulatory requirements
• Enhancements to secure DevOps toolchains
• Integrate cloud-specific security services provided by major cloud providers to protect cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
• Interact with network security tools to safeguard network communications.
• Design professional scripts to automate security tasks and improve efficiency
• Query databases securely, ensuring data integrity and protection against database-related vulnerabilities.
• Process and protect sensitive data using security measures to ensure compliance with data protection laws and best practices.

Overview of DevSecOps

• DevSecOps principles
• The DevOps lifecycle and security integration
• Key challenges in implementing DevSecOps

Security by Design

• Secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC)
• Threat modeling and risk assessment
• Best practices for secure coding
• Resources: OWASP Top Ten, NIST Cybersecurity Framework

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security

• Introduction to IaC and its benefits
• Security considerations for IaC
• Tools to Address : Terraform, Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
• Resources To be used: Terraform: HashiCorp Terraform, Azure ARM: Azure Documentation

Continuous Integration and Continuous Security

• Secure CI/CD pipeline design,
  
  • Implementing Zero Trust in CI/CD Pipelines
  • Incident Response and Recovery in CI/CD Pipelines"
• Integrating security tools into CI/CD pipelines
  
  • Implementing Security Gates in CI/CD Pipelines"
• Tools to Cover: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
• Resources to use: Jenkins: Jenkins Documentation, GitHub Actions: GitHub Actions

Application Security Testing

• Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
• Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
• Tools: SonarQube, OWASP ZAP, Other SAST Tools (Checkmarx, Veracode), Other DAST Tools (Burp Suite, Acunetix)
• Resources: SonarQube: SonarQube Documentation, OWASP ZAP: OWASP ZAP Documentation

Container Security

• Securing Docker images and containers
• Best practices for container security
• Tools: Docker, Aqua Security. Kubernetes Security
• Resources: Docker: Docker Documentation, Trivy: Aqua Trivy Documentation

Monitoring and Logging

• Importance of monitoring and logging in security
• Tools for monitoring and logging: ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), Grafana for Visualizing Security Metrics
• Resources: ELK Stack: Elastic Documentation, Prometheus: Prometheus

Incident Response and Forensics

• Incident response planning and execution
• Forensic analysis and post-incident review
• Tools: Splunk, Wireshark, SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response), Volatility
• Resources: Splunk: Splunk Documentation, Wireshark: Wireshark Documentation

Compliance and Governance

• Understanding security compliance requirements
• Implementing security policies and governance
• Standards: GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act)
• Resources: GDPR: EU GDPR Information, HIPAA: HIPAA Journal, PCI-DSS: PCI Security Standards Council

Data Security and Privacy

• Protecting sensitive data
• Encryption techniques and key management
• Tools: Vault by HashiCorp, Azure Key Vault, Google Cloud Key Management Service (KMS), AWS Key Management Service (KMS),
• Resources: Vault: HashiCorp Vault Documentation, Azure Key Vault: Azure

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