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S2000 022 Cloud DevSecOps
The IBM Cloud DevSecOps v2 Specialty (S2000-022) teaches professionals how to design, implement, and manage secure CI/CD pipelines, runtime protection, compliance, testing, and security operations within IBM Cloud environments.
90
Minutes
60
Questions
62/100
Passing Score
$200
Exam Cost
Who Should Take This
It is intended for cloud engineers, DevOps specialists, and security architects who have at least two years of experience with IBM Cloud services and CI/CD tooling. These professionals seek to deepen their expertise in integrating security controls, ensuring compliance, and operationalizing threat detection across the development lifecycle.
What's Covered
1
Domain 1: Secure CI/CD Pipelines
2
Domain 2: Application and Runtime Security
3
Domain 3: Compliance and Governance
4
Domain 4: Security Controls and Testing
5
Domain 5: Security Operations
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Course Outline
60 learning goals
1
Domain 1: Secure CI/CD Pipelines
2 topics
Pipeline Security
- Configure Continuous Delivery toolchains with integrated security scanning using IBM DevSecOps reference architectures.
- Implement Tekton pipeline security tasks including static analysis, vulnerability scanning, and compliance gate checks.
- Configure pipeline evidence collection for deployment artifacts, test results, and security scan output archival.
- Implement pipeline secret injection using Secrets Manager integration with Tekton task parameter binding.
- Analyze pipeline security scan results to prioritize vulnerability remediation and enforce quality gate thresholds.
- Design secure CI/CD architectures with automated evidence collection, change management, and compliance verification.
- Implement pipeline approval workflows with multi-stage gate validation and automated rollback on security scan failures.
Supply Chain Security
- Configure source code management with branch protection rules, signed commits, and mandatory code review enforcement.
- Implement container image signing and verification using IBM Cloud Container Registry and Portieris admission controller.
- Configure SBOM generation and dependency tracking for software composition visibility across build pipelines.
- Implement artifact provenance verification using in-toto attestations and SLSA framework compliance checks.
- Analyze software supply chain risks to implement signing, provenance, and attestation verification controls.
2
Domain 2: Application and Runtime Security
2 topics
Container Security
- Implement container image scanning using IBM Cloud Container Registry vulnerability advisor and CIS benchmark checks.
- Configure runtime security policies for Kubernetes and OpenShift using pod security standards and admission webhooks.
- Implement network policies and service mesh security with Istio for microservice encryption and authorization.
- Configure container runtime monitoring for privilege escalation detection and suspicious process execution alerting.
- Implement image lifecycle management with base image updates, vulnerability patching, and automated rebuild triggers.
- Analyze container security posture to identify misconfigurations, privilege escalation risks, and image vulnerabilities.
- Design container security strategies with lifecycle management, runtime protection, and incident response procedures.
- Implement Kubernetes namespace isolation with resource quotas, network policies, and RBAC for multi-tenant security.
Application Security
- Configure serverless function security using Code Engine service bindings, secrets injection, and network isolation.
- Implement API security using API Connect with OAuth 2.0, JWT validation, rate limiting, and threat protection.
- Configure web application firewall rules and DDoS protection using IBM Cloud Internet Services for applications.
- Implement mutual TLS and certificate management for service-to-service communication security across microservices.
- Analyze application security events to detect anomalous behavior, injection attacks, and data exfiltration attempts.
3
Domain 3: Compliance and Governance
2 topics
Compliance Automation
- Configure Security and Compliance Center profiles with industry-specific controls for automated compliance monitoring.
- Implement evidence collection pipelines gathering deployment, test, and security scan artifacts for audit readiness.
- Configure compliance-as-code with custom policy definitions and automated assessment rules for posture validation.
- Implement compliance dashboard reporting with trend analysis, control effectiveness metrics, and remediation tracking.
- Analyze compliance posture reports to identify control gaps and remediation priorities across cloud environments.
- Design continuous compliance frameworks with automated evidence, drift detection, and regulatory reporting workflows.
- Implement compliance dashboard reporting with trend analysis, control effectiveness metrics, and remediation SLA tracking.
Change Management
- Configure change management workflows with approval gates, impact assessment, and rollback procedures in pipelines.
- Implement audit logging and evidence preservation using Activity Tracker and Cloud Object Storage for compliance.
- Configure emergency change procedures with expedited approval, reduced-scope testing, and post-change validation.
- Analyze change management data to identify process bottlenecks and compliance risks in deployment workflows.
4
Domain 4: Security Controls and Testing
2 topics
Identity and Secrets
- Configure IAM policies with separation of duties for DevSecOps roles including developers, reviewers, and operators.
- Implement secrets management with Secrets Manager for pipeline credentials, API keys, and certificate lifecycle automation.
- Configure Key Protect integration for encryption key management across DevSecOps pipeline artifacts and deployments.
- Implement trusted profile-based authentication for pipeline service accounts with short-lived token management.
- Analyze identity and access patterns to design least-privilege access models for DevSecOps team structures.
Security Testing
- Implement SAST scanning integration using IBM Cloud tools and third-party static analyzers in pipeline stages.
- Configure DAST scanning for running applications with authenticated testing and API vulnerability assessment.
- Implement SCA scanning for open-source dependency vulnerabilities with remediation and license compliance.
- Configure IaC security scanning for Terraform, Kubernetes manifests, and Dockerfile misconfiguration detection.
- Implement container image security policies with vulnerability threshold enforcement and exception management.
- Analyze security testing results to prioritize remediation based on severity, exploitability, and business impact.
- Design comprehensive security testing strategies with shift-left testing, automated gates, and risk-based policies.
- Implement container image security policies with vulnerability threshold enforcement and automated exception management workflows.
5
Domain 5: Security Operations
2 topics
Monitoring and Incident Response
- Configure security event monitoring using IBM Cloud Monitoring and Log Analysis for real-time threat detection.
- Implement automated incident response with runbooks and Cloud Functions for security event remediation workflows.
- Configure security information aggregation and correlation across multiple IBM Cloud services and account regions.
- Implement security event enrichment with threat intelligence feeds and automated indicator-of-compromise detection.
- Analyze security incident data to identify attack patterns, root causes, and systemic vulnerability trends.
- Design security operations workflows with threat intelligence integration and automated response playbook orchestration.
- Implement security event enrichment with threat intelligence feeds and automated indicator-of-compromise detection pipelines.
Vulnerability Management
- Implement vulnerability management lifecycle with scanning schedules, risk scoring, and remediation tracking workflows.
- Configure patch management automation for operating systems, container images, and application dependency updates.
- Implement vulnerability exception management with risk acceptance workflows and compensating control documentation.
- Analyze vulnerability trends and exposure data to prioritize patching and risk mitigation strategies.
Scope
Included Topics
- All domains of IBM Cloud DevSecOps v2 Specialty (S2000-022): secure CI/CD, supply chain, application security, compliance, testing, and operations.
- IBM DevSecOps reference architecture: Tekton pipelines, evidence collection, change management, continuous compliance.
- Container and application security: image scanning, runtime policies, network policies, API security, WAF, mTLS.
- Compliance automation: Security and Compliance Center, audit logging, evidence preservation, regulatory reporting.
- Security testing: SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, vulnerability management, patch automation.
- Security operations: monitoring, incident response, threat detection, vulnerability lifecycle management.
Not Covered
- Language-specific coding practices.
- Third-party SIEM platforms.
- Physical security.
- Offensive security techniques.
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