Course Description
In this course, students will gain a solid understanding of the leadership requirements for successful DevOps adoption at both the tactical and strategic levels for those who help design, influence, implement and motivate the cultural transformation.
Course Objectives
- The Golden Circle
- Understanding organizational culture and organizational change
- Conway’s Law and its influence on DevOps and systems thinking
- Strategies for leading cultural transformations
- Evolving silos into flat, team based organizations
- Managing conflict
- Creating feedback loops
- Creating learning environments
- Avoiding change fatigue
- Managing conflict
- Communication and collaboration strategies
- Meaningful metrics
- Resourcing for DevOps
- Demonstrating DevOps ROI
- Critical success factors
- Getting started
Course Outline
1 - COURSE INTRODUCTION
- Course Goals
- Course Agenda
2 - WHY DEVSECOPS
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Why DevSecOps is important
- 3 Ways to Think About DevOps+Security
- Key Principles of DevSecOps
3 - CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Incentive Model
- Resilience
- Organizational Culture
- Generativity
- Erickson, Westrum, and LaLoux
- Exercise: Influencing Culture
4 - STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS
- Key Terms and Concepts
- How Much Security is Enough?
- Threat Modeling
- Context is Everything
- Risk Management in a High-velocity World
- Exercise: Measuring For Success
5 - GENERAL SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
- Avoiding the Checkbox Trap
- Basic Security Hygiene
- Architectural Considerations
- Federated Identity
- Log Management
6 - IAM: IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT
- Key Terms and Concepts
- IAM Basic Concepts
- Why IAM is Important
- Implementation Guidance
- Automation Opportunities
- How to Hurt Yourself with IAM
- Exercise: Overcoming IAM Challenges
7 - APPLICATION SECURITY
- Application Security Testing (AST)
- Testing Techniques
- Prioritizing Testing Techniques
- Issue Management Integration
- Threat Modeling
- Leveraging Automation
8 - OPERATIONAL SECURITY
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Basic Security Hygiene Practices
- Role of Operations Management
- The Ops Environment
- Exercise: Adding Security to Your CI/CD Pipeline
9 - GOVERNANCE, RISK, COMPLIANCE (GRC) AND AUDIT
- Key Terms and Concepts
- What is GRC?
- Why Care About GRC?
- Rethinking Policies
- Policy as Code
- Shifting Audit Left
- 3 Myths of Segregation of Duties vs. DevOps
- Exercise: Making Policies, Audit and Compliance
10 - LOGGING, MONITORING AND RESPONSE
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Setting Up Log Management
- Incident Response and Forensics
- Threat Intelligence and Information Sharing
11 - COURSE REVIEW
- Where We Started
- What We Covered
- Key Reminders of What’s Important
- Exercise: Creating a Personal Action Plan
12 - EXAM PREPARATIONS
- Exam Requirements, Question Weighting and
13 - TERMINOLOGY LIST
- Sample Exam Review
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Information
Length: 2 day
Format: Lecture and Lab
Delivery Method: n/a
Max. Capacity: 16
Schedule
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Who Should Attend
This course is intended for: Anyone starting or leading a DevOps cultural transformation program, Anyone interested in modern IT leadership and organizational change approaches, Business Analysts, Business Stakeholders, Consultants, DevOps tool providers, IT Operations Managers, IT Leadership, Practitioners and change agents, Project Managers, Systems Integrators, Team Leaders, Managers, Directors, Tool Suppliers
