DevSecOps Practices for a Secure Cloud
Cyber Defense Magazine, Thursday, April 11th, 2024
In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, a strong cultural practice like DevSecOps is essential. It empowers engineering teams to collaborate effectively, optimize workflows, ensure security and compliance, and confidently embrace AI innovation. But what exactly does this DevSecOps jargon mean?
TL;DR - DevSecOps is a set of practices and culture that standardizes and automates security processes and tools throughout software development and operations.
The impact of DevSecOps is significant. According to the State of Software Security Report (Cyentia Institute & Veracode) - Organizations with the most active DevSecOps programs fix vulnerabilities more than 11.5 times faster than average.
What role does it play?
With transformative technologies constantly emerging, software development trends can present complex challenges for businesses seeking to innovate quickly. Digital security, encompassing both applications and their underlying platforms, is a growing concern for organizations of all sizes; further requiring to navigate strict regulatory requirements for user data protection, compliance with data privacy standards, and safeguarding sensitive information. Balancing these security needs with the pressure to innovate rapidly can lead to friction.