CDM CDM Security & Compliance (DevSecOps)

Question 1

What does the term 'shift-left security' mean in a DevSecOps context?

Accepted Answer

Integrating security testing and practices early in the development lifecycle

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Moving security teams to the left side of the organization chart

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Applying security patches only in the left production environment

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Shifting security budget to earlier fiscal quarters

Question 2

Which practice involves automatically scanning container images for known vulnerabilities before they are pushed to a registry?

Accepted Answer

Image vulnerability scanning

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Runtime threat detection

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Network policy enforcement

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Secrets rotation

Question 3

In DevSecOps, what is a Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tool primarily used for?

Accepted Answer

Identifying vulnerabilities in open-source libraries and dependencies

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Analyzing CPU composition of running services

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Decomposing monoliths into microservices

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Composing software release notes automatically

Question 4

Which of the following is the best approach for managing secrets (API keys, passwords) in a CI/CD pipeline?

Accepted Answer

Use a dedicated secrets manager such as HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager

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Hardcode them in the Dockerfile for easy access

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Store them in environment variables committed to the repository

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Encrypt them with Base64 and store in the codebase

Question 5

What is Static Application Security Testing (SAST)?

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Analyzing source code or binaries for security flaws without executing the application

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Testing an application's security while it is running in production

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Running penetration tests manually on staging environments

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Monitoring network traffic for anomalous patterns

Question 6

In a DevSecOps pipeline, what does Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) do differently from SAST?

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DAST tests a running application by simulating external attacks, while SAST analyzes static code

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DAST scans source code while SAST attacks a running application

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DAST is performed by developers while SAST is performed by security teams only

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DAST only tests APIs while SAST only tests web frontends