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DevSecOps: Automated Security Testing Fundamentals

by Peter Mosmans

This course will teach you what automated security testing is, the different types, the pros and cons of automated security testing, what you can test, and how to start introducing automated security testing in pipelines.

What you'll learn

You might have heard of DevSecOps or automated security testing. In this course, DevSecOps: Automated Security Testing Fundamentals, you’ll learn all about getting up and running with automated security testing. First, you’ll explore what the goals, the pros and cons, as well as core components of automated security tests are. Next, you’ll discover what can be tested, and in what stage of the build or release pipeline. Finally, you’ll learn how to approach the integration of automated security testing in pipelines. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of automated security testing needed for selecting the right type, and the right location, for implementing automated security testing into existing pipelines.

About the author

Peter started out in the nineties as software engineer working on internet banking applications for various European financial institutions. After developing, he moved to the role of defending and designing systems and networks for high-availability websites. Since 2004 he started specializing in breaking: pentesting complex and feature-rich web applications. Currently he leads a global team of highly skilled penetration testers as lead pentester. He is a contributor to several open-source penet... more

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