Building Security Into Your Cloud IT Practices

Expert advice on aligning security with DevOps

In the real world of cloud infrastructure, much that happens is driven by business needs. Businesses face competitive pressures that require them to continually optimize customer experience, move quickly into new markets or release new products, and integrate their operations with those of partners, customers, or acquired businesses. This puts a lot of pressure on IT managers and developers. Coders are often incentivized to build fast, but not necessarily to build securely. At the same time, the risks of running vulnerable infrastructure are rising. How do IT professionals address the need to build it safer? To find out, we asked our security experts the following question: How can you make security an embedded discipline within your team?