Shifting our application’s security left
Shift-left security refers to the practice of starting security checks as early as possible in the development of our application. This doesn’t mean we don’t apply any security measures at other stages but that it will start improving security from the very beginning of the application life cycle. Shifting security left allows us to identify any vulnerabilities and other problems before it’s too late and the application is already running in production. The benefits of shifting our security left include the following:
- It improves the delivery of software solutions because bugs are detected and fixed in early development stages
- It distributes application security into different stages, allowing different actions at each stage, starting from the code and ending in the infrastructure where the application will finally be deployed
- Different groups can implement different security policies and mechanisms...
