Automating security best practices using frameworks

The hardest part in getting security to the appropriate level in organizations is to define when the organization is compliant, and environments are “secure enough”—if such a thing exists. The problem with security in any IT environment is that just like cloud technology itself, the tactics, techniques, and processes used to attack environments are also evolving fast. Hackers will constantly find new ways to compromise environments. That’s why every team member in a DevOps team must be fully aware of security risks. Every choice that a team makes comes with a consequence that must be thought through in terms of security. Are we introducing a vulnerability or other risk by developing and deploying software or by using a specific cloud service? What do we need to do to protect the data, application, underlying infrastructure, connectivity, and ultimately, the user?

Frameworks such as OWASP, CIS, and...