Traditional SDLC to SSDLC

Cloud-native applications are created to benefit from the scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness of cloud computing. Cloud-native applications must be secure because a security compromise or data leak could have detrimental effects, such as monetary losses, reputational harm, and a decline in client and user trust. Therefore, it is crucial to put security first when developing these applications so as to safeguard against these risks and guarantee the privacy, availability, and integrity of the application and its data. This requires moving beyond the traditional SDLC and adopting the SSDLC.

Instead of considering security only later in the development process, organizations must think about it right from the beginning. The former (later in the development process) is known as bolted-on security and is typical of the traditional SDLC, while the latter (from the beginning) is about baking in security by conducting testing and following secure coding...