Certified DevOps Security Professional

DevOps Security is usually referred to as  DevSecOps, it focuses on improving security through improved collaboration and shared the responsibility that overlays the entire DevOps workflow. Also, it requires technical as well as theoretical knowledge to become a successful DevOps Security. With the Vskills Certification, you will be able to learn and develop all the knowledge required. Also, DevOps security refers to the discipline and practice of safeguarding the entire DevOps environment through strategies, policies, processes, and technology. It is important that security should be built into every part of the DevOps lifecycle, including inception, design, build, test, release, support, maintenance, and beyond.

Vskills Certified DevOps Security Professional

The Vskills Certified DevOps Security Professional is designed for web developers, programmers, and graduates wanting to excel in web application development areas. It is also well suited for those who are already working and would like to take certification for further career progression in web application development. To add on, earning Vskills DevOps Certification can help candidate differentiate in today’s competitive job market, broaden their employment opportunities by displaying their advanced skills, and result in higher earning potential. 

Benefits of the Certification

• This certification will help Job seekers looking to find employment in IT or software development departments of various companies, students who want to learn DevOps Security. They can get a chance to be employed in companies like Google, Flipkart, TCS & Cognizant. 
• Also, students generally wanting to improve their skill set and make their CV stronger, and existing employees looking for a better role can prove to their employers the value of their skills through this certification.

Vskills being India’s largest certification provider gives candidates access to top exams as well as provides after exam benefits. This includes:

• Become a Government Certified Professional.
• The Certification is valid for life.
• Candidates will get lifelong e-learning access.
• Access to free Practice Tests.

Test Details

• Exam Duration: 60 minutes
• Number  of questions: 50
• Maximum marks: 50
• Passing marks: 25 (50%).
• There is NO negative marking in this module
• It is an online examination

Course Outline

The Vskills Certificate in Certified DevOps Security Professional covers the following topics:

Integrate Security within DevOps

• Integrate Security for a DevOps World
• Risk Management in a Rapidly Changing World
• Key Principles and Benefits of Secure DevOps
• Business-Driven Security Strategies
• OWASP Security Guidelines

Applying Shift Left Security Approach

• Integrating Security Into CI/CD Pipeline
• Automated Security Testing
• Tools of the Trade
• Red and Blue Teams

Securing Development Practices

• Security Requirements
• Architectural Considerations
• Threat Modeling, Data Flow Diagrams, and Attack Surface
• Identity and Access Management
• Code Inspection
• Environment Hardening

Security Verification in the Pipeline

• What Is Static Application Security Testing?
• Embed SAST into the CI/CD Pipeline
• What Is Dynamic Application Security Testing?
• Embed DAST Into the Pipeline
• Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) versus Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST)
• Software Composition Analysis

Deploy Secure Software

• Infrastructure as Code
• Key Management and Identity Management
• Chaos Monkey and Fuzz Testing

Security in System Monitoring

• Security Monitoring
• Governance, Risk, Compliance and Audit
• Incident Response and Forensics

Preparatory Guide for Certified DevOps Security Professional

You must follow a study pattern while learning from authentic and genuine resources. It will also help them to complete their syllabus quickly and with a good understanding of the concepts. This Preparatory Guide will act as a bridge for your career advancements. Our team has curated this guide to help you excel in your certification Let’s discuss step by step-

Review the Exam Objectives

The course domains and modules act as a blueprint for the exam. This will help candidates to easily start preparing for the exam.With complete exam objectives, the candidate’s exam preparation time is better spent because they already know what to study. For this exam, the topics include:

• Integrate Security within DevOps
• Applying Shift Left Security Approach
• Securing Development Practices
• Security Verification in the Pipeline
• Deploy Secure Software
• Security in System Monitoring

Vskills E-Learning

For the Vskills Certified DevOps Security Professional examination, our team has provided online study material. Also, this online material is regularly updated. Furthermore, e-learning is bundled with hard copy material which helps candidates to improve and update the learning curve for superior and better opportunities.

Reference Books

It is important to prepare for the right books. To ease out your hunt for books we have provided a list of books which you can refer to:

• Securing DevOps: Security in the Cloud by Julien Vehent
• Hands-On Security in DevOps by Hsu Tony Hsiang-Chih

Evaluate yourself with Practice Test

Practice tests are the one who ensures the candidate about their preparation for the exam. The practice test will help the candidates to acknowledge their weak areas so that they can work on them. Moreover, you will be able to improve your answering skills that will result in saving a lot of time. So, make sure to find the best practice sources. Start your practice and get certified now!