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t cht lk to inefficiency . Issues are only found out in the latter stages of production , which inevitably leads to delays – and the pace of innovation stalls . Instead , baking security into DevOps means it becomes a shared team responsibility . ‘ DevSecOps ’ makes it easier to spot vulnerabilities long before production and makes it faster and less expensive to fix them .

t cht lk to inefficiency . Issues are only found out in the latter stages of production , which inevitably leads to delays – and the pace of innovation stalls . Instead , baking security into DevOps means it becomes a shared team responsibility . ‘ DevSecOps ’ makes it easier to spot vulnerabilities long before production and makes it faster and less expensive to fix them .

Keep monitoring and evolving and opportunities can you select the right DevOps tools for the job . DevOps should start with your people and be put into practice by tools . And when it ’ s that way round you can be confident the end product will have more value to the user too . p
Sam Hunt , VP APAC at GitHub
Things move fast in DevOps – and don ’ t expect to nail your strategy first time . It ’ s an iterative process and businesses have to be prepared to be introspective and to adapt to what data tells them . For example , automating repetitive tasks like reporting and testing gives instantaneous feedback so teams can rapidly understand the impact of their changes throughout the software lifecycle . That means they can finetune how to work together more efficiently , make decisions together and implement changes based on shared data . That ’ s what best practice looks like .
Every business has its own objectives for DevOps . But buying the tools without investing in developing culture is not a route to success . Only with an understanding of an organization ’ s unique objectives , strengths , barriers
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