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Business leaders know they need to find ways to be more efficient in bringing products to market. This means bridging the gaps between operational and development teams to maximize collaboration and efficiency. DevOps and DevSecOps approaches combine major aspects of businesses to increase productivity. But are they the same, and if not, what style of development and operational management should firms be aiming for?
Both DevOps and DevSecOps are methodologies for adapting application development approaches to close gaps between different teams within an organization. When development teams work without input from operations, they might create software that doesn’t resonate with users or relate to KPIs. Conversely, when operational teams don’t understand the possibilities of the development team’s tech stack and capabilities, they may not ask for what they really need.
Collaboration reduces the risk of data silos and bottlenecks, increases productivity, and ensures development takes a holistic view of an entire organization. Including security and compliance teams in this collaborative approach helps maximize IT resilience and speeds up software delivery.
The DevOps model specifically refers to the combination of development and operational teams. This cross-discipline approach is possible via effective collaboration and communication and represents a philosophy rather than a specific team. Businesses may absolutely have DevOps engineers or teams, but it’s a concept rather than a “job.”
Key Features of DevOps:
DevOps is a way of working across an entire organization’s infrastructure that focuses on outcomes for the customer or user, always looking at ways to increase the value of products and get them to market faster while ensuring they remain reliable and resilient to risk.
Development and operations teams need to consider security as a major factor of all IT assets to reduce risk and minimize potential vulnerabilities. DevSecOps goes a step further and draws security practices and compliance into the existing philosophy of DevOps.
The FBI recently reported that cybercrime cost businesses $10 billion in 2022. As cyberattacks increase, security cannot be an afterthought, which is why DevSecOps teams consider all relevant aspects of security and data compliance throughout the software development lifecycle, from secure coding practices to recovery processes should a data breach or other critical incident occur.
Key Features of DevSecOps:
The inclusion of security should not decrease the agility of DevOps practices.
Understanding the primary differences between the two methodologies can help organizations determine what they need to change in their developmental approaches.
Understanding what drives the transition to a DevOps or DevSecOps philosophy can help companies understand how to achieve more Agile practices. Here are just a few of the key ways that businesses move toward a more collaborative and productive environment.
Internal teams that communicate better or even merge can achieve so much more than isolated teams. Collaboration doesn’t reduce autonomy. Rather, it encourages open and transparent dialogue that leads to real results. It also provides shared responsibility for both triumphs and challenges.
Automated workflows and tasks save time and allow personnel to attend to more urgent matters. Automation is a vital aspect of any DevOps or DevSecOps environment.
The Agile methodology involves breaking projects into phases ranging from concept to deployment and monitoring. The key focus in each of these phases is collaboration and constant feedback to allow new iterations of services to come to market faster.
Moving developmental processes closer to the customer or user makes an entire project more likely to succeed. Centering the user means everything from UI design to security considerations revolves around the end-user experience. Team members should rigorously test services to check that they meet cybersecurity standards and that all the features work as expected.
Systems must have monitoring solutions in place to provide observability and real-time data so that developers can assess and record performance. This data can feed back into operations teams, helping drive future feature requests and upgrades.
Regular monitoring of all IT assets also improves the security posture of a company by assessing risks and letting security teams know about potential weaknesses. This may include static application security testing (SAST) or dynamic application security testing (DAST), to check both the pre-launch code and the application while it’s in use.
Continuous integration and continuous delivery or deployment (CI/CD) help utilize this data to make frequent and relevant updates without major disruptions to the user experience.
Regardless of whether an organization decides to adopt a DevOps or DevSecOps philosophy, application security cannot be ignored. A DevOps approach means teams and managers can decide when and how to include security and compliance as key considerations.
The downside of this is that there may be a temptation to leave security as an afterthought, and compliance may not cover every aspect of an IT asset.
DevSecOps includes security from the ground up, considering all dependencies, open-source code, third-party integrations, and any aspect that impacts the use of a particular service or piece of software. If a team is already treating security concerns this way, then they are embracing the DevSecOps methodology.
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