Hands-On Security in DevOps

Security automation in Jenkins

In this section, we will discuss how to configure Jenkins to trigger the automated testing, and also introduce some of the security plugins.

The following table shows an example of how to configure the command-line ZAP, which can be triggered periodically and remotely by a predefined URL:

Steps	Configuration steps
New item	New Item | Enter an Item Name | "Security Testing" | Freestyle Project | OK
General	Project Name: "Security Testing"
Build Trigger	The automation testing can be triggered by the schedule in the following ways. The Build Trigger defines how the tasks can be triggered. There are two modes supported: one is the scheduled mode and the other is the remote trigger by the ...