DevSecOps Practitioner (DSOP)® Training Course

OVERVIEW

The DevSecOps Practitioner course is designed as a follow-on to the DevSecOps Foundation course. This course builds on existing knowledge to delve into the technical implementation of DevSecOps principles. Each section highlights key metrics and integrates new techniques into various practices, offering guidance on overcoming challenges related to people, processes, and technology to achieve better outcomes in DevSecOps for government organizations. The course begins with a deeper exploration of foundational concepts, then moves on to the use or development of metrics tailored to specific DevOps experiences. The middle section focuses on architectural transitions, infrastructure building, and optimizing the CI/CD pipeline. Finally, the course provides strategies for effective experimentation and explores future trends in DevSecOps.

The DevSecOps Practitioner course introduces advanced methods for exploring DevSecOps within your organization. Each module covers practical maturity guides and discusses how to combine people, processes, and technology to enhance outcomes. The course aims to equip participants with the practices, methods, and tools necessary to engage stakeholders across the organization in reliability efforts through real-life scenarios and case studies. Upon completion, participants will have actionable takeaways for implementing DevSecOps practices within their organizational structure, building robust pipelines in distributed systems, and fostering a common technological language.

The course is developed by leveraging key DevSecOps sources, engaging with thought leaders in the field, and collaborating with organizations to extract real-life best practices. It is designed to teach the essential principles and practices required for successful DevSecOps implementation.

This course prepares learners to successfully complete the DevSecOps Practitioner certification exam. Please note that the DevOps Institute DevSecOps Foundation certification is a prerequisite for the DevSecOps Practitioner exam.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course, participants are expected to achieve the following learning objectives:

1. Understand the fundamental principles of DevSecOps.
2. Differentiate between the technical elements used in various DevSecOps practices.
3. Extend practical maturity concepts across multiple areas.
4. Implement metric-based assessments tailored to their organization.
5. Identify modern architectural concepts, including transitions from monoliths to microservices.
6. Recognize the languages and tools used to communicate architectural concepts.
7. Compare options for building a DevSecOps infrastructure using Platform as a Service, serverless construction, and event-driven methods.
8. Prepare hiring practices to identify and understand the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for mature DevSecOps roles.
9. Identify technical requirements for DevSecOps pipelines and their impact on people and process choices.
10. Review various approaches to securing data repositories and pipelines.
11. Analyze how monitoring and observability practices contribute to valuable outcomes.
12. Implement monitoring at key points to support actionable analysis.
13. Evaluate different experimental structures that contribute to the third way of DevSecOps.
14. Identify future trends that may influence DevSecOps for government organizations.

LEARNER MATERIALS

• Three days of instructor-led training and exercise facilitation.
• A learner manual for post-class reference.
• Participation in unique exercises designed to apply concepts.
• Sample documents, templates, tools, and techniques.
• Access to additional value-added resources and communities.

CERTIFICATION EXAM

Successfully passing (65%) the 90-minute examination, consisting of 40 multiple-choice questions, leads to the DevSecOps Practitioner certificate. The certification is governed and maintained by the DevOps Institute.