Information security in the DevOps age: Aligning conflicting imperatives

DevOps is quickly becoming the default development methodology for government agencies. Forty-two percent of states are now adopting DevOps and another 37 percent of states have DevOps pilots underway, according to the latest survey of state CIOs from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. The benefits of DevOps are undeniable, but the current model may be creating security blind spots in applications that could have ramifications for the entire enterprise. A new CyberScoop tech brief, sponsored by Tenable, explores how organizations can narrow the collaboration gaps between developers and information security professionals that can lead to costly enterprise security vulnerabilities. It also explains how a new generation of automated tests can quickly identify coding vulnerabilities in ways that jointly support the needs of DevOps and information security teams. The report delves into the increasing importance of software containers for DevOps team. Containers speed application development and deployment by providing […]

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