You have been tasked with strengthening the security of your teamג€™s development process.
You need to suggest a security tool type for the Continuous Integration (CI) phase of the development process.
Which of the following is the option you would suggest?
A. Penetration testing
B. Static code analysis
C. Threat modeling
D. Dynamic code analysis
Correct Answer: B
Validation in the CI/CD begins before the developer commits his or her code. Static code analysis tools in the IDE provide the first line of defense to help ensure that security vulnerabilities are not introduced into the CI/CD process.
Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/articles/security-validation-cicd-pipeline?view=vsts