Build and Deployment -> Patch Management: Automated PRs for patches
Risk and Opportunity
Risk: Known vulnerabilities components might stay for long and get exploited, even when a patch is available.
Opportunity: Fast patching of third party component is needed. The DevOps way is to have an automated pull request for new components. This includes
- Applications
- Virtualized operating system components (e.g. container images)
- Operating Systems
- Infrastructure as Code/GitOps (e.g. argocd)
Additional Information
Implementation hints
- dependabot, Link, Tags:
- Jenkins, , Tags:
Usefulness and Requirements of this Activity
Usefullness: Very High
Required knowledge: Low (one discipline)
Required time: Low
Required resources (systems): Low
OWASP SAMM VERSION 2
ISO27001 2017
