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D FEATURE DevSecOps is an abbreviated term for Development Security Operations and is involved in integrating security within the DevOps process. DevSecOps forces people to consider security while carrying out development operations. There are many benefits to using this type of approach and Tim Mackey, Senior Principal Consultant at the Synopsys CyRC (Cybersecurity Research Centre); and Bharat Mistry, Principal Security Strategist at Trend Micro, are here to tell us more. TIM TIM MACKEY, MACKEY, SENIOR SENIOR PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT CONSULTANT AT AT THE THE SYNOPSYS SYNOPSYS CYRC CYRC (CYBERSECURITY (CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH RESEARCH CENTRE) CENTRE) What is the historic relationship between DevOps and security? DevOps is an attempt to bring attributes of Total Quality Management and Six Sigma into the software world. Key to its success is the philosophy that new features should be small and that anyone viewing a quality issue has the authority to stop production. It’s often viewed as bridging the gap between those producing the software and those deploying it; with feedback along the way. This approach allows for agile development where rather than wait for a periodic major release, development teams embracing release their features as they are finished. This approach of smaller features delivered more frequently allows not only for higher quality output, www.intelligentciso.com | Issue 22 37