More Companies Adopting DevOps & Agile for Security

DevOps and agile programming continue to make inroads into software-development teams, with the two development methodologies accounting for more than two-thirds (68%) of the practices at companies polled in a recent survey, according to a report published by development-tools maker GitLab on Tuesday. The adoption coincides with developers taking an increasing role in securing software -- so-called "shifting left" -- with 39% of developers "feeling fully response for security," up from 28% last year, while 32% share responsibility for security with other teams, according to survey results. Overall, the security outlook among developers has increased significantly over the past year, with 72% calling their organization's security either "good" or "strong," up from 59% the prior year. This year, more than any other year, integrating security into DevOps -- often called DevSecOps, SecDevOps, or secure DevOps -- is a reality, says Johnathan Hunt, vice president of security at GitLab. "Last year, often no one knew who owned security, and the adoption of DevSecOps was stagnant -- you could see that," he says.