Devsecops Glossary
Browse 5 devsecops terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
5 Devsecops Terms
- DAST
- Dynamic Application Security Testing — testing a running application by sending crafted requests to discover vulnerabilities from the outside (black-box...
- SAST
- Static Application Security Testing — analyzing source code or compiled binaries for security vulnerabilities without executing the program. Finds issues like...
- Secret Scanning
- Automated detection of secrets (API keys, passwords, tokens, private keys) accidentally committed to source code repositories. Tools like GitHub Secret...
- Shift Left
- Moving activities (testing, security scanning, performance validation) earlier in the development lifecycle — from production leftward to development. Finding...
- Supply Chain Security
- Protecting the integrity of software by securing every component in the supply chain — source code, build systems, dependencies, CI/CD pipelines, and artifact...
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- Testing (3 terms in common)
- Ci/Cd (2 terms in common)
- Credentials (1 terms in common)
- Security (1 terms in common)
- Quality (1 terms in common)
- Dependencies (1 terms in common)
- Attack (1 terms in common)