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Application security automation in development

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  • Kennedy, Mike

    (Medtronic Global Security Office, Medtronic Mounds View Campus, USA)

  • Perkins, Chris

    (Medtronic Global Security Office, Medtronic Mounds View Campus, USA)

  • Brown, Maria

    (Medtronic Global Security Office, Medtronic Tempe Campus, USA)

  • Prins, Kori

    (Medtronic Global Security Office, Medtronic Mounds View Campus, USA)

Abstract

Automated security services can provide on-demand resources that are easily adopted by development teams. To save time and money, application security should be incorporated as early as possible in the application development process. Security requirements are the earliest opportunity to build a secure foundation. Using automation, security requirements can be aligned to system and project attributes and used as a foundation for additional security activities such as secure coding examples and security testing. Later in the development process, automated testing services provide development teams with vulnerability scanning options, depending on whether legacy or modern development practices are used. Legacy development projects can benefit from on-demand source code scanning that does not require tool set-up or configuration. Modern development processes are a better fit for incorporating security testing in automated build-and-test pipelines using working example scripts. When created with development team needs in mind, automated application security services can be valuable resources for development teams that drive better security outcomes. This paper will discuss an approach to building and delivering consumable development security services to drive better security.

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  • Kennedy, Mike & Perkins, Chris & Brown, Maria & Prins, Kori, 2022. "Application security automation in development," Cyber Security: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 5(3), pages 216-226, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:csj000:y:2022:v:5:i:3:p:216-226
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    Keywords

    application security-as-a-service; automation; best practices; security pipeline; security requirements; security testing;
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    JEL classification:

    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management

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