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Tech Leaders Dependent on SaaS, Face Continued Dev Challenges
There is a growing reliance of technology leaders on software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools to support software development, with 84% of IT leaders indicating that they depend on SaaS solutions.
Dec 19, 2024 · 3 minAll articles by Nathan Eddy
Showing 1–11Security Concerns Loom as GenAI Adoption Grows in DevOps
Most security and software development professionals are using GenAI-based solutions for building or delivering applications, but despite its widespread use, significant security challenges persist.
AppSec Teams, DevOps Teams Facing Security Strain
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CISA, NSA Issue Supply Chain Security Guidance Report
The NSA, ODNI and CISA have issued guidance to assist software developers and suppliers in shoring up software integrity and security.
Culture a Stumbling Block to DevOps, DevSecOps
Organizations are struggling to improve DevSecOps practices as they confront a lack of cultural alignment and investment, according to a global Progress survey of more than 600 IT, security, application development and DevOps decision-makers. Many companies are behind in achieving their DevOps and DevSecOps goals, with 73% of organizations saying they could be doing more. […]
GitLab Research Shows Security Concerns in DevOps Teams
The threat of breaches is top-of-mind for many DevOps teams, and while security continues to shift left it appears to be a driving force for many decision-makers when it comes to choosing a DevOps platform or other technologies. These were among the results of a GitLabs survey that also found getting security right is the number […]
Opportunities and Challenges of Observability
Observability platforms that unify metrics, logs and traces across applications and IT infrastructure are transforming how IT is managed. Most DevOps teams today are able to continuously monitor IT environments using tools that track a set of pre-defined metrics; observability platforms make it possible to aggregate data so that DevOps teams can launch queries that […]
Boosting DevOps Productivity Requires Visibility, Automation
Engineering teams continue to struggle with roadblocks and bottlenecks during the development process, according to Software’s recent 2021 Code Time Report. The study, which is based on feedback from more than 250,000 developers using the Code Time plugin, found the median code time per developer is 52 minutes per day, or four hours and 21 minutes of […]
Infrastructure Access Management a Growing DevOps Priority
Organizations plan to address access management over the next 12 months, as the need to secure and streamline infrastructure-wide access controls serves as a prerequisite to other initiatives, like zero-trust. This was one of the key findings of a survey of 600 DevOps professionals conducted by Pollfish and sponsored by strongDM. The report also found […]
Will Automation Fill Gaps Left by the ‘Great Resignation’?
Between burnout, job-hopping and the ongoing pandemic, labor shortages will surely get worse before they get better, and automation is increasingly sought after as a way to mitigate the ripple effects of understaffed IT departments. For DevOps, automation has several benefits, from freeing up employees to work on more constructive tasks to minimizing software bugs […]
DevOps Teams Struggling to Keep Secrets
A growing number of organizations are suffering security incidents related to exposed secrets in DevOps CI/CD pipelines, according to a recent ThycoticCentrify report. The study paints a troubling picture: Only 5% of survey respondents said most of their development teams use the same secrets management processes and tools. The incidents run the gamut, from secrets […]