Is Platform Engineering A Step Towards Better Governed DevOps?
Cyber Defense Magazine, Monday, December 30th, 2024
Since 2010, Puppet's annual State of DevOps Report has tracked trends in IT, including security and, more recently, the growth of platform engineering. 2024's edition, which includes the results of a survey of over 600 IT professionals worldwide, shows that security and platform engineering are now closely intertwined, with platform engineering teams now taking on more responsibility for security. Plus, the results show that these teams are making a tangible difference.
Before diving into more details, it is crucial to understand what platform engineering provides. Platforms aim to give end users - especially software developers within organizations - fast and simplified self-service access to the technologies they need to do their jobs. These platforms are managed by platform engineering teams, who provision and manage all workflows, tools, and platforms involved.
Platform engineers typically come under operations or engineering as part of teams or separate ones. They could even be part of product teams. Their area of focus is ensuring that their primary customer, the developers, get what they need to deliver at speed on the organizational needs.