This article conveys my personal opinion towards security and it’s underlying revenue model; I would recommend to read it with a pinch of salt (+ tequila, while we are on it). I shall be covering either side of the coin, the heads where pentesters try to give you a heads-up on underlying issues, and tails where the businesses still think they can address security at the tail-end of their development.
There has been a lot of buzz about the relationship between Security and DevOps as if we are debating their happy companionship. To me they are soulmates, and DevSecOps is a workable, scalable, and quantifiable fact unlike the big button if applied wisely.
The development cycle has undergone considerable changes in last few years. Customers and clients have evolving requirements and the market demands speed, and quality. The relationship between developers and operations have grown much closer to address this change. IT infrastructure has evolved in parallel to cater to quick timelines, and release cycles. The old legacy infrastructure with multiple toll gates if drifting away, and fast, responsive API(s) are taking place to spawn and scale vast instances of software and hardware.
