With the threat landscape being on the rise, CISOs need to be much more attentive while building the organization\u2019s security strategy. Constantly arising vulnerabilities, ransomware attacks, critical workflows, outages – all of that require CISOs to stay up to date to security issues and keep their finger on the pulse to change their security strategy once the prerequisites pop up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udd0e We\u2019ve been tracking GitHub, GitLab, and Atlassian -related incidents for the latest few years\u2026 Check the threat landscape of 2022 and 2023: Well, in this blog post we are going to cover the main questions CISOs should ask themselves while building their DevSecOps strategy. So, let\u2019s jump to the core topic\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Of course depending on the industry the organization operates in, those questions may slightly differ. Thus, for example, in the most regulated industries<\/a>, like finance and backing<\/a>, healthcare<\/a>, insurance, and energy sector, which require a more secure approach to data protection, you may need to add more questions related to compliance and security audits. However, let\u2019s try to stick to the core questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Probably, it should be the first question a CISO should ask himself when he starts building or rebuilding the company\u2019s DevSecOps strategy<\/a> to mitigate cyber risks<\/a>. Why? Because defining clear security goals and objectives should become the basis of an effective DevSecOps strategy. These goals will serve as the guidance that aligns security initiatives and the overall business objectives. Thus, your team will be able to ensure that every step they take in the development process contributes to a secure and resilient environment. For example, let\u2019s look at some objectives your organization may have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udd16 Case Study<\/strong> To ensure a comprehensive security and data protection, it\u2019s important for an organization to understand which data is critical for its business. Such data can encompass all the information essential for the operation, reputation, and security of the organization. These data is possible to divide into a few categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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What are our organization’s security goals and objectives?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Company introduction?<\/strong> Let\u2019s imagine, that you work in a financial institution that processes sensitive financial transactions for millions of users.
What\u2019s the company\u2019s objective?<\/strong> To provide seamless and secure digital operations, and protect its critical customers\u2019 data.
What security goals and objectives should you set?<\/strong>
– Achieve compliance with PCI-DSS, GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and upcoming DORA regulation.
– Reduce Incident response time to 3 hours, and achieve minimal RPO and RTO<\/a> objectives to be able to restore its critical data fast in case of an incident, by adopting backup and Disaster Recovery practices.
– Implement automated security testing into their CI\/CD pipeline<\/a> to identify and fix vulnerabilities early in the development lifecycle, which will help reduce the risk of security issues in production.
Outcome?<\/strong> By setting these specific goals and objectives, the company will not only align with its security efforts to meet its business objectives, but also will establish clear metrics to measure the efficiency of its security strategy. This approach will help the company ensure that security is an integral part of its development process, which leads to a more secure and reliable product for its customers. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat organization’s critical data we need to protect?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n