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ERNEST MUELLER

JAMES WICKETT@wickett

@ernestmueller

THEAGILEADMIN.COM


THE PRESENTATION THAT JUST MIGHT

CHANGE YOUR LIFE…


COMPANIES ARE SPENDING A GREAT DEAL ON SECURITY, BUT WE READ OF MASSIVE COMPUTER-RELATED ATTACKS. CLEARLY SOMETHING IS

WRONG.

THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM IS TWOFOLD: WE’RE PROTECTING

(AND SPENDING MONEY ON PROTECTING) THE WRONG THINGS, AND WE’RE HURTING PRODUCTIVITY

IN THE PROCESS.Thinking Security, Steven M. Bellovin 2015


AGILE


WHAT IS AGILE?• INDIVIDUALS AND INTERACTIONS OVER PROCESSES AND TOOLS

• WORKING SOFTWARE OVER COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION

• CUSTOMER COLLABORATION OVER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION

• RESPONDING TO CHANGE OVER FOLLOWING A PLAN

SOURCE: THE AGILE MANIFESTO (HTTP://WWW.AGILEMANIFESTO.ORG/)

http://www.agilemanifesto.org/


WHY AGILE?• 45% OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE USING AGILE ON A MAJORITY OF THEIR

TEAMSONLY 5% ARE NOT USING IT AT ALL

• AGILE RESULTS:• ACCELERATE PRODUCT DELIVERY - 59% • ENHANCE ABILITY TO MANAGE CHANGING PRIORITIES - 56% • INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY - 53% • ENHANCE SOFTWARE QUALITY - 46% • ENHANCE DELIVERY PREDICTABILITY - 44%

SOURCE: VERSIONONE NINTH ANNUAL STATE OF AGILE SURVEY (HTTPS://WWW.VERSIONONE.COM/PDF/STATE-OF-AGILE-DEVELOPMENT-SURVEY-NINTH.PDF)


WHAT IS DEVOPS?DEVOPS IS THE PRACTICE OF OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS PARTICIPATING TOGETHER IN THE ENTIRE SERVICE LIFECYCLE, FROM DESIGN THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO PRODUCTION SUPPORT.

DEVOPS IS ALSO CHARACTERIZED BY OPERATIONS STAFF MAKING USE MANY OF THE SAME TECHNIQUES AS DEVELOPERS FOR THEIR SYSTEMS WORK.

SOURCE: THE AGILE ADMIN: WHAT IS DEVOPS? HTTP://THEAGILEADMIN.COM/WHAT-IS-DEVOPS/


WHY DEVOPS?• BY 2016 “DEVOPS WILL EVOLVE FROM A NICHE TO A MAINSTREAM STRATEGY

EMPLOYED BY 25% OF GLOBAL 2000 ORGANIZATIONS” - GARTNER, MARCH 2015• BENEFITS OF DEVOPS:

• NEW SOFTWARE/SERVICES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE POSSIBLE - 21%• A REDUCTION IN TIME SPENT FIXING AND MAINTAINING APPLICATIONS - 21%• INCREASED COLLABORATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS - 21%• AN INCREASE IN REVENUE - 19%• IMPROVED QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF OUR DEPLOYED APPLICATIONS -

19%SOURCE: CA RESEARCH REPORT—DEVOPS: THE WORST-KEPT SECRET TO WINNING IN THE APPLICATION ECONOMY

(HTTP://REWRITE.CA.COM/US/ARTICLES/DEVOPS/RESEARCH-REPORT--DEVOPS-THE-WORST-KEPT-SECRET-TO-WINNING-IN-THE-APPLICATION-ECONOMY.HTML)


HIGH-PERFORMING IT ORGANIZATIONS EXPERIENCE 60X FEWER FAILURES AND RECOVER FROM FAILURE 168X FASTER THAN THEIR LOWER-PERFORMING PEERS. THEY ALSO DEPLOY 30X MORE FREQUENTLY WITH 200X SHORTER LEAD TIMES.


LEAN


LEAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTSEVEN PRINCIPLES:

• ELIMINATE WASTE

• AMPLIFY LEARNING

• DECIDE AS LATE AS POSSIBLE

• DELIVER AS FAST AS POSSIBLE

• EMPOWER THE TEAM

• BUILD INTEGRITY IN• SEE THE WHOLE

SOURCE: LEAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: AN AGILE TOOLKIT (2003), MARY AND TOM POPPENDIECK


LEAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

• BUILD-MEASURE-LEARN• BUILD – MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCT• MEASURE – THE OUTCOME AND INTERNAL

METRICS• LEARN – ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM AND YOUR

SOLUTION• REPEAT – GO DEEPER WHERE IT’S NEEDED

SOURCE: LEAN STARTUP (2011), ERIC RIES


WHY LEAN?• BOTH DEVOPS AND AGILE BORROW KEY

CONCEPTS FROM LEAN MANUFACTURING, SO IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND OPENNESS." -INFORMATIONWEEK


WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THATAGILE / DEVOPS /

LEAN POSE TO INFOSEC?

WRONG QUESTION!


INSTEAD, EXAMINE HOW ADOPTING THESE

STRATEGIES CAN HELP YOU WIN


LEAN SECURITY IS FOR WINNERS


THE SIX-FOLD PATH OF LEAN SECURITY

(AND HOW TO WIN)


#1 SECURITY IS JUST BEANCOUNTING


WE TRADED ENGINEERING FOR ACTUARIAL DUTIES


“[RISK ASSESSMENT] INTRODUCES A DANGEROUS FALLACY: THAT STRUCTURED INADEQUACY IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS ADEQUACY AND

THAT UNDERFUNDED SECURITY EFFORTS PLUS RISK MANAGEMENT ARE ABOUT AS GOOD AS PROPERLY FUNDED

SECURITY WORK”


A SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROVIDES OPTIMAL VALUE TO THE ORGANIZATION IF IT:

• ACTIVELY SUPPORTS ACHIEVING THE BUSINESS AND COMPLIANCE OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANIZATION (THE VARIABLE PART)

• IS AN EFFICIENT, AGILE AND INTEGRATED PROCESS, CAPABLE OF DEALING WITH A DYNAMIC THREAT ENVIRONMENT

• CONSUMES MINIMAL TIME AND RESOURCES• RESULTS IN ADEQUATELY MANAGED SECURITY RISK, IN LINE

WITH THE RISK APPETITE OF THE ORGANIZATION• PROVIDES ONLY THE NECESSARY, YET ADEQUATE, USER

FRIENDLY, EFFICIENT AND MEASURABLE SECURITY CONTROLS

SOURCE: JOHAN BAKKER, LEAN SECURITY MANAGEMENT WHITE PAPER


UNDERSTAND THE VALUE YOUR ORGANIZATION

WANTS FROM YOU


#2SECURITY IS A BOTTLENECK


THE AVERAGE TIME TO DELIVER CORPORATE IT

PROJECTS HAS INCREASED FROM ~8.5 MONTHS TO OVER

10 MONTHS IN THE LAST 5 YEARS

Revving up your Corporate RPMs, Fortune Magazine, Feb 1, 2016


WHY ARE COMPANIES SO SLOW?

THE GROWTH OF CONTROL AND RISK MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS WHICH IS TOO OFTEN POORLY

COORDINATED… [RESULTING IN] A PROLIFERATION OF NEW TASKS IN

THE AREAS OF COMPLIANCE, PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION.

Revving up your Corporate RPMs, Fortune Magazine, Feb 1, 2016


THE THREE WASTES• MUDA - WORK WHICH ABSORBS RESOURCE

BUT ADDS NO VALUE• MURI - UNREASONABLE WORK THAT IS

IMPOSED ON WORKERS AND MACHINES• MURA - WORK COMING IN DRIBS AND

DRABS WITH SUDDEN PERIODS OF RUSH RATHER THAN A CONSTANT OR REGULAR FLOW, UNEVENNESS.


SECURITY WASTEMUDA COMES IN SEVEN FORMS:• EXCESS INVENTORY - DUMPING YOUR THOUSAND PAGE PDF OF

VULNERABILITIES ON A BUSY TEAM. PRIORITIZE AND LIMIT WORK IN PROGRESS (WIP)

• OVERPRODUCTION - SECURITY CONTROLS STEMMING FROM FUD OR MISALIGNMENT WITH BUSINESS NEEDS (NOT DEMANDED BY ACTUAL CUSTOMERS) - CF. PHOENIX PROJECT

• EXTRA PROCESSING - FOR EXAMPLE, RELYING ON COMPLIANCE TESTING RATHER THAN DESIGNING THE PROCESS TO ELIMINATE PROBLEMS - HELP IT GET BUILT RIGHT FIRST


SECURITY WASTE• HANDOFFS - LEVERAGE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEAMS DOING

THE WORK AND COLLABORATE WITH THEM TO BUILD SECURITY IN, INSTEAD OF THAT BEING SOME OTHER TEAM’S JOB

• WAITING - LAG BETWEEN VALUE STEPS WAITING FOR APPROVALS OR ANALYSES OR TICKET HANDLING - USE SELF SERVICE AUTOMATION INSTEAD

• TASK SWITCHING - THE THOUSAND PAGE PDF AGAIN - WORK WITH THEIR WORK INTAKE PROCESS NOT AGAINST IT

• DEFECTS - FALSE POSITIVES AND FALSE NEGATIVES AND JUST PLAIN UNIMPORTANT FINDINGS YOU REPORT CAUSING ZERO-VALUE REWORK


UNDERSTAND THE WASTE THAT YOU

GENERATE


#3SECURITY IS

INVISIBLE


SECURITY PROFESSIONALS ARE

QUICK TO SAY SECURITY IS EVERYONE’S JOB


SECURITY COULD LEARN FROM WEB PERFORMANCE

CIRCA 2008


PERFORMANCE• BROWSER EXTENSIONS FOR DEVS TO UNDERSTAND

PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS• RESEARCH SHOWING PERFORMANCE TO REVENUE

CORRELATION • SEARCHABLE LOGS EMITTING STATSD METRICS• CONFERENCES COMBINING FRONT END DEVS AND SYS

ADMINS• COMMITMENT TO INSTRUMENT AND GRAPH ALL THE

THINGS


SECURITY• BROWSER EXTENSIONS FOR DEVS TO UNDERSTAND

SECURITY PROBLEMS• RESEARCH SHOWING SECURITY TO REVENUE

CORRELATION • SEARCHABLE LOGS EMITTING STATSD METRICS• CONFERENCES COMBINING DEVS OPS AND SECURITY• COMMITMENT TO INSTRUMENT AND GRAPH ALL THE

THINGS


SEE THE WHOLE• KEEP MEANINGFUL METRICS, MAKE THOSE

METRICS VISIBLE - IN CONTEXT OF WORKERS’ TOOLCHAIN

• “LEAST PRIVILEGE” NEEDS TO BE UNLEARNED SOMEWHAT IN MODERN ORGANIZATIONS TO ALLOW EFFECTIVE INFORMATION SHARING

• GET IN BUSINESS OF SHARING AND ADDING VISIBILITY TO DEV AND TO OPS.


VISUALIZE SECURITY SO

EVERYONE CAN SEE


#4SECURITY IS ALWAYS

TOO LATE


BUILD INTEGRITY IN• “CEASE DEPENDENCE ON MASS

INSPECTION TO ACHIEVE QUALITY. IMPROVE THE PROCESS AND BUILD QUALITY INTO THE PRODUCT IN THE FIRST PLACE." — W. EDWARDS DEMING

• INTEGRATE INTO CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION AND USE TEST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT (TDD) TO RECTIFY ISSUES AT THE LOWEST WASTE POINT

SOURCE: THE THREE WAYS OF DEVOPS, GENE KIM


NEEDED A WAY TO BE MEAN TO YOUR CODE

EARLIER IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

ENTER GAUNTLT…


@slow @finalFeature: Look for cross site scripting (xss) using arachni against a URL

Scenario: Using arachni, look for cross site scripting and verify no issues are found Given "arachni" is installed And the following profile: | name | value | | url | http://localhost:8008 | When I launch an "arachni" attack with: """ arachni —check=xss* <url> """ Then the output should contain "0 issues were detected."

Given

When

Then

What?

AN ATTACK LANGUAGE FOR DEVOPS


http://theagileadmin.com/2015/06/09/pragmatic-security-and-rugged-devops/


GENERATE SECURITY FEEDBACK IN EACH STEP IN THE VALUE STREAM


#5 SECURITY IS ALWAYS IN

THE WAY


ARE YOU “THAT GUY?”

• YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU CAN’T MAKE THINGS SECURE BY YOURSELF

• YOU NEED EVERYONE ELSE TO PITCH IN - BUT DOES IT SEEM LIKE THE THINGS YOU DO JUST ANGER THEM?


EMPOWER THE TEAM• UNDERSTAND HUMAN

MOTIVATION• NETFLIX AUTOMATION

CREATED SAFE PATHS AS THE DEFAULT

• REMOVES EMOTIONAL CHARGE


SELF SERVICE AUTOMATION


#6SECURITY IS PERFECTIONIST

AND IS THEREFORE UNREALISTIC


SECURITY IS YOUR PRODUCT


BUILD-MEASURE-LEARN

• DELIVER MINIMAL VIABLE SECURITY ACROSS EVERYTHING

• FOCUS ON DETECTION/METRIC GATHERING• ITERATE FROM THERE• REMEMBER THE WEAKEST LINK WINS• OVERLAP SMALLER SOLUTIONS - SEE JOSH MORE’S

OWASP 2012 “LEAN SECURITY 101” PRESENTATION


MANAGE YOUR PRODUCT


WE’VE BEEN THERE


ERNEST MUELLER

JAMES WICKETT@wickett

@ernestmueller

THEAGILEADMIN.COM

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