Security is a crucial component in the development of any great software solution. It’s all about trust. If the customer doesn’t trust that their data is safe, then they won’t use the product. Compliance organizations and standards ensure that developers meet high standards of safety and security, but if any coding errors are missed in the development process then you have to retrace your steps and try to fix the problem. This creates significant delays in the development and release processes. A proper DevOps automation platform erases this slowdown.
What is Compliance?
ADP defines compliance in business as, “ adherence to all local, state and federal jurisdictions that govern your operations.”
For context, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are two examples of compliance standards you’ve probably heard of before.
In software development, compliance is making sure that all code meets the standards set by governing organizations aiming to only allow secure and legal products to be on the market.
The Challenge
Compliance often prolongs release times.
If the standards aren’t met at every step of the development process, teams will have to go back into their code, diagnose the error, and implement the solution.
This eats up a lot of hours that could instead be used for something like improving the user experience, running marketing campaigns, or hosting demos for potential clients.
How can this be avoided?
The Solution
Lots of teams have tackled this challenge by implementing Compliance Automation.
By automating compliance checks throughout the entire development process, errors are caught earlier. This way, the code can be corrected as it’s written, instead of after its been implemented for weeks or months.
Simply put, problems are flagged by your automated system, so your team goes in and makes the correction, and the product can hit the shelves earlier because the error was fixed almost immediately.
How Can DuploCloud Solve This Problem?
DuploCloud is a “DevOps automation platform that accelerates time-to-market by translating high-level specifications into low-level details for fully managed cloud configurations.”
With out-of-the-box compliance controls for SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, HITRUST, NIST, GDPR, and others, you can completely automate your DevOps Compliance processes, saving time and boosting efficiency.
Check out their demo page if you’re interested in learning how their solutions are succeeding in cloud infrastructure automation.
While meeting compliance standards can be a pain-in-the-neck, they do ensure that software is ready to be out in the real world and I definitely don’t see them disappearing anytime soon. So, you should be integrating compliance into your processes early on, so you can boost efficiency and bring your products to market faster.
John Ciannello 