DevSecOps in Oracle Cloud: Securing and Automating Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Automate, secure, and optimize your cloud infrastructure with proven best practices and expert insights.

Securing every stage of development and deployment is no longer a choice—it is a necessity. Adopting a proactive DevSecOps approach is crucial to safeguarding cloud applications and infrastructures. OCI experts Benner, Aboulnaga, and Patel provide comprehensive guidance on leveraging DevSecOps principles to effectively secure and automate cloud environments.

Developers, DevOps professionals, and cloud architects will learn best practices for automating security processes and optimizing enterprise infrastructures with powerful tools such as Terraform and Ansible. This comprehensive guide provides actionable strategies for building secure, scalable, and resilient cloud applications.

You will learn

• Step-by-step examples of using Terraform and Ansible in OCI to automate and manage cloud infrastructure
• DevSecOps principles and best practices for Oracle Cloud environments
• Key OCI services and how they can be applied within a DevSecOps framework to ensure security and efficiency
• Practical strategies for building secure, scalable, and resilient applications in Oracle Cloud
• How to integrate DevSecOps principles throughout the development and deployment lifecycle
• Techniques for maintaining regulatory compliance while ensuring security in Oracle Cloud
• How to optimize cloud costs in OCI without compromising security or performance
• Practical steps to securely deploy applications in Oracle Cloud

Unlock the full potential of Oracle Cloud and DevSecOps and ensure that your organization stays ahead of evolving security threats and operational demands. This guide provides the hands-on tools, expert insights, and proven strategies you need to secure, automate, and scale your Oracle Cloud applications.

Erik Benner is the vice president of Enterprise Transformation at Mythics, LLC, and an Oracle ACE Director. He is an expert strategist for both federal, state, and local government, as well as commercial customers across the United States. His customer engagements range from enterprise cloud transformations and data center modernization to large-scale virtualization projects and Oracle Engineered Systems implementations. Erik’s passion for volunteering is evident through his role as the president of the Cloud Computing Special Interest Group (SIG), co-chair of the OATUG Oracle Enterprise Manager SIG, and active participation in user groups sitting on various committees. He frequently presents at conferences such as Oracle CloudWorld, Oracle FedForum, East Coast Oracle, ASCEND, and Blueprint4d. Having worked with Oracle and Sun Systems since the mid-’90s, Erik is well-versed in most of the core Oracle technologies, including Oracle Cloud, Oracle Linux, and Oracle Databases.

When not flying to the far points of the country from the Atlanta metro area, he enjoys spending time with his family at their observatory, where the telescopes outnumber the people, or on cloudy nights blowing glass in his private glass studio.

Ahmed Aboulnaga has a professional focus in technical management, architecture, and consulting within Oracle, Java, and cloud technologies, having implemented enterprise solutions for commercial, government, and global customers throughout his career. Ahmed is an Oracle ACE, published author, and frequently presents on new and trending technologies at major conferences. Currently residing in the Washington DC region, Ahmed holds a master’s degree in computer science from George Mason University.

Dhrumil Patel is a Solutions Architect at Mythics, LLC. He works closely with the sales and engineering team to provide Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), thought leadership, and solutioning expertise. He also works with Oracle and internal/external clients to develop highly automated and efficient digital transformation processes and cloud migration processes. Prior to his current role, he held the position of Senior Principal Consultant. He worked with his clients to administer and maintain their on-premises and cloud environments’ footprints. Moreover, he has years of experience as a DBA Consultant.