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NIST SP 800-204C (Initial Public Draft)

Implementation of DevSecOps for a Microservices-based Application with Service Mesh

Date Published: September 29, 2021
Comments Due: November 1, 2021 (public comment period is CLOSED)
Email Questions to: sp800-204c-comments@nist.gov

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli (NIST)

Announcement

The newest generation of software applications—"cloud-native applications"—is a class with various functional layers, such as transaction logic, application services, infrastructure resources, policy enforcement, and monitoring of states. The unique architecture of this application class requires a more agile software life cycle paradigm, and DevSecOps (development, security, and operations) offers faster deployment and updates, while integrating security throughout the life cycle.

Draft NIST SP 800-204C provides guidance for the implementation of DevSecOps primitives for a reference platform hosting a cloud-native application with the functional layers described above. The guidance also discusses the benefits of this approach for high security assurance and enabling continuous authority to operate (C-ATO).

NOTE: A call for patent claims is included on page iii of this draft. For additional information, see the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Patent Policy--Inclusion of Patents in ITL Publications.

Abstract

Keywords

container orchestration and resource management platform; DevSecOps; CI/CD pipelines; infrastructure as code; policy as code; observability as code; GitOps; workflow models; static AST; dynamic AST; interactive AST; SCA
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Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-204C-draft
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
09/29/21: SP 800-204C (Draft)
03/08/22: SP 800-204C (Final)