Integrating Zero Trust Architecture in DevOps Pipeline: Enhancing Security in Continuous Delivery Environments

Vamshidhar Reddy Vemula

Abstract


Software development has undergone a revolution with the introduction of DevOps, allowing for quicker releases and increased cooperation between the development and operations teams. Nonetheless, additional security issues have been brought about by this quick deployment and continuous integration, especially in the context of continuous delivery (CD) systems. Modern security solutions, which depend on clearly defined perimeters, are insufficient in a world where distributed architectures, cloud services, and microservices are the norm. In order to address these issues, this study investigates the incorporation of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) into DevOps workflows Operating on the tenet "never trust, always verify," ZTA offers a strong framework for protecting DevOps procedures. The main ideas of ZTA are presented in this paper along with an analysis of how they might be applied in DevOps pipelines and a thorough framework for incorporating ZTA into CD environments. This paper provides useful advice for deploying ZTA in real-world applications, thereby improving security without sacrificing the agility and speed that are crucial to DevOps, through a thorough study of potential benefits and obstacles.


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