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What is DevSecOps?

DevSecOps is an excellent solution for organizations that requires the immediate adoption of security
and improvise their productivity level. DevSecOps is positioned as one of the top security controls in the
development process, and it operates at every level of the product development life cycle stage. If
implemented properly, DevSecOps can train employees, automate security checks and ensure the
development of a great product.

DevSecOps is the seamless integration of security protection and testing, right from software
development to the deployment stage. The goal is to incorporate security into the CI/CD workflow in both
pre and post-production environments.

Is DevOps Different From DevSecOps?

For accelerating the development and delivery of the software product, the modern software development
process utilizes an agile SDLC process. DevOps and DevSecOps utilize the agile framework for various
purposes. DevOps mainly focuses on the speed of the application delivery, whereas DevSecOps too
focuses on speed but ensures the complete security of the deployed application. The goal of DevSecOps
is to promote a faster development process with a secured code base.

DevSecOps is all about integrating security at every level of the software development life cycle stage.
In DevSecOps, security is the stakeholder’s shared responsibility in the DevOps value chain. In short,
DevOps focuses on speed, while DevSecOps maintains velocity without compromising security.

How Does DevSecOps Work?
By integrating automated security checks into the software development pipeline, organizations can verify
the security of both their application infrastructure and the application itself before it is tested with real
users. These types of security checks can come in the form of container scanning, code analysis,
infrastructure configuration validation, and peer reviews.

Developers can directly identify the problems that were previously established in the CI/CD workflow and
fix them rather than waiting for security audits to process after all the work has been done. This helps in
embedding security hygiene into the company’s digital culture, thereby increasing the security level while
reducing the scope of failure. Various software development companies are now offering DevOps
services, taking care of their client’s end-to-end DevOps needs to ensure the deployment of a robust
product.

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