AzureFunBytes Episode 54 - @GitHub integration with @Azure and shifting left

#security #azure #cicd #containers

AzureFunBytes is a weekly opportunity to learn more about the fundamentals and foundations that make up Azure. It's a chance for me to understand more about what people across the Azure organization do and how they do it. Every week we get together at 11 AM Pacific on Microsoft LearnTV and learn more about Azure.

Security is not an option when deploying applications. Considerations into what keeps your users safe must be part of your software delivery lifecycle. Whether it's adding correct firewalls rules to a server or knowing your npm package dependencies don't have cryptocurrency miners, you must always take steps to further your security posture. There's no reason to wait till after deployment to consider security, if we begin the process of securing, scanning, and shifting left we can greatly reduce our potential for intrusions.

What do I mean by shifting left? The goal for shifting left is to move quality upstream by performing testing tasks earlier in the pipeline. Rather than play catch-up after a potential security incident, developers can take reduce their exposure to troublesome incidents by utilizing DevSecOps practices.

What is DevSecOps? Azure's DevOps solutions page defines it as:

DevSecOps involves utilizing security best practices from the beginning of development, shifting the focus on security away from auditing at the end and towards development in the beginning using a shift-left strategy.

This week on AzureFunBytes I welcome Lavanya Kasarbada to help me understand how DevSecOps can create a better environment for your applications. Lavanya Kasarabada is a Senior Program Manager with the Azure Security Team. She works on Container and Serverless Security!

Lavanya covers how to secure your container workloads. She discusses how the GitHub integration with Azure will provide end to end traceability and visibility into shift left security assessments.

Our agenda includes: