From the course: DevOps Foundations: DevSecOps

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Security is different in a DevOps world

Security is different in a DevOps world

From the course: DevOps Foundations: DevSecOps

Security is different in a DevOps world

- [Instructor] So security is definitely different in a DevOps world. Let's take a look at how security has changed as our methodologies have changed over time. Security is changing with DevOps. In a 2021 State of DevSecOps survey by GitHub, respondents were asked how their security role was changing in their DevOps environment. Only 20% said their role wasn't changing. 52% of the respondents said that they were either more involved hands-on or part of a cross-functional team focused on security. 26% say they are compliance focused. This is a large change over the past few years. As we will see as this course goes on, shifting left eventually means moving responsibility from one team to another. Many times, the actual goal is to make the security team more like auditors, focused on compliance, rather than hands on. But whether you are hands on or audit focused, it's clear that their security role is evolving. This is…

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