Differences in DevSecOps and DevOps

 

DevOps we all know means development and operation whereas DevSecOps means development, security, and operations. The only one word- security in it seems to be the only difference in both, but that is not the case. The security word in development and operation addresses the most challenging task of providing security which takes this development and operations to another level.

DevOps, as we know, is a blend of practices, tools, culture, and philosophies that help in integrating the stages and processes increasing the delivery speed of products and services the organization provides. This avoids the isolation of operation and development teams from one another. Even though DevOps helps an organization to serve their customers in a better way the main factor of security is neglected or not concentrated in it. Then comes the DevSecOps picture as it helps the DevOps system to integrate security in its processes ensuring the safety of complete infrastructure and application an obligation of every working team instead of only security teams.

Today we will earn the differences in DevOps and DevSecOps to understand which we should apply for our project and which of them will be a better option for us.

The difference between DevOps and DevSecOps

·       In DevOps focus is to reduce the communication gap between various teams to smooth the process of development and deployment. Whereas DevSecOps's goal is to provide security to complete the development process and avoid any technical glitch after application release.

·       Continuous integration and continuous delivery processes are involved in DevOps. Where continuous integration means code is integrated development and higher environment and continuous delivery means automated release to avoid miscommunication and faster process. In DevSecOps, testing of threat models and security processes is involved. Testing of application to avoid mishap and pipeline during deployment to save time and money is done.

·       In DevOps automation is mainly for in the higher environment. And in DevSecOps automation is done for security testing.

·       DevOps is a mindset to integrate developers and operators making everyone see all work as equally important. DevSecOps is an application point of view that implies the application must be secure from the very start to avoid any compromise in security.

·       DevOps makes everyone independent and saves time making the process continuous and removing the bottleneck. In DevSecOps continuous feedback and integration are valued. To fix the issues occurred alerts and proper warnings are provided.

·       Policy as code is a term used in DevOps to control and automate the process of working code. Whereas in DevSecOps there is no such term used, All the three security, development, and operations are in constant competition to achieve a good result.

·       Managing and designing the code can be done on the same platform in DevOps whereas, in DevSecOps standards are created to raise incidents hence managing the security concerns.

Even with the above-mentioned differences, there are also some similarities between DevOps and DevSecOps which are like, that they both emphasize collaboration and communication within teams. These both also emphasize continuous integrity, and continuous deployment ensuring the team is always with the latest version and on the same page with others. The third similarity both DevOps and DevSecOps carry is providing a microservice such that every small thing is managed and solved easily.

The main difference in both systems lies in the priority they balance between speed and security. While using DevOps companies are more focused on the delivery speed of the processes and their quality rather than on the security whereas in DevSecOps security is also added to the focus point. So by understanding the team working requirements they must finalize which on to choose for their betterment. Organizations where security also plays a role must always opt for DevSecOps as it provides various benefits for development and security even though they take a long time in delivery compared to DevOps. The time taken in delivery by DevSecOps is worth it as it ensures the security of the codebase from the very beginning of the process. The organizations that work in multiple cloud environments must always switch to DevSecOps as the complexity in their project are always higher and hence increasing the risk.

While selecting from both options understand your requirement and basics of them and then go with the best-suited option instead of selecting what others are using.

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