Under CopyrightTran, Thanh QuangThanh QuangTranCovaci, StefanStefanCovaciMagedanz, ThomasThomasMagedanzGouvas, PanagiotisPanagiotisGouvasZafeiropoulos, AnastasiosAnastasiosZafeiropoulos2022-03-135.1.20172016https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/39427710.1109/NETWKS.2016.775114910.24406/publica-r-3942772-s2.0-85006858111This paper introduces an approach allowing cloud application developers, service providers to consider security and privacy requirements across the application lifecycle. Specifically, a DevOps framework has been described that took into account several emerging technologies such as Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Microservice Pattern Design. As an illustration, a proof-of-concept application in the healthcare domain is presented to support such direction.en004conference paper