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DevSecOps

What is DevSecOps?

The practice of integrating security practices within the DevOps process. DevSecOps ensures that security is a shared responsibility throughout the entire software development and deployment lifecycle.

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Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as devsecops. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on devsecops

Requirements naming devsecops across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Where DevSecOps integrates security objectives and controls into DevOps, management automates, monitors and applies security at every phase with automated unit testing, code analysis and image scanning, gives cybersecurity and design the same priority as in tr...

ffiec-it-examination-handbook::DAM-V.C.2 · V.C.2 DevSecOps (Development, Acquisition, and Maintenance) →

DevSecOps automates and integrates IT operations, quality assurance and security in software development through continuous integration and delivery.

monetary-authority-of-singapore-technology-risk-management-guidelines::6.3 · 6.3 DevSecOps Management →
HKMA TM-G-12 controls

HKMA TM-G-1 IT Strategy + Policies + Risk + Development + Change. (1) IT STRATEGY AND PLANNING (TM-G-1.3.1) - documented + Board-approved IT strategy aligned with business strategy + risk appetite + technology innovation + customer experience + investment plan...

HKMA-TMG1-Strategy-Policies-RiskAssessment-Dev-Change · TM-G-1 IT Strategy + Policies + Risk Assessment + Project Management + System Development + Change Management →

The report clearly sets out the activities conducted in each stage of the assessment (plan and prepare, define the assessment boundary, assess the controls, produce the report).

australia-irap-information-security-registered-assessors-program::IRAP-AR-0013 · IRAP-AR-0013 Record the activities of each assessment stage →

Apply secure software development and integration practices (DevSecOps) for applications.

DODZT-3.2 · Secure Software Development and Integration →

Questions people ask about devsecops

What is DevSecOps?
The practice of integrating security practices within the DevOps process. DevSecOps ensures that security is a shared responsibility throughout the entire software development and deployment lifecycle.
Why is DevSecOps important for compliance?
DevSecOps is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding devsecops helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address DevSecOps?
DevSecOps appears in the requirement text of FFIEC IT Examination Handbook, Monetary Authority of Singapore Technology Risk Management Guidelines, HKMA TM-G-1, ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications, Australia IRAP - Information Security Registered Assessors Program. Across these standards we have identified 8 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about DevSecOps?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how devsecops applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

See how DevSecOps applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.