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New DevOps Research From Sonatype Reveals Changing Attitudes Toward Application SecuritySonatype, the leader in software supply chain automation, today announced the results of its 2017 DevSecOps Community Survey. 2,292 IT professionals participated in the online survey conducted in February 2017. The survey revealed that mature development organizations ensure automated security is woven into their DevOps practice, early, everywhere, and at scale. Analysis of responses also found that IT organizations continue to struggle with breaches as nearly a 50% increase was recorded between Sonatype's 2014 and 2017 survey. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170321005381/en/ Sonatype's 2017 DevSecOps Community Survey reveals automated security adoption grew 3x over past three years. (Graphic: Business Wire) The adoption of DevOps around the world is evidenced by 67% of survey respondents describing their practices as very mature or of improving maturity. Where traditional development and operations teams see security teams and policies slowing them down (47%), DevOps teams have discovered new ways to integrate security at the speed of development. Only 28% of mature DevOps teams believe they are being slowed by security requirements. Other key findings from the survey include: Development plays an active, early role in application security
For DevOps teams, security controls are increasingly automated throughout the development lifecycle
Automated security practices allow developers to keep pace with the speed and scale of innovation
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About the Survey The 2017 DevSecOps Community Survey provides visibility into the attitudes of software professionals toward DevOps best practices and the changing role of application security. The survey was conducted by Sonatype, Contino, DZone, Emerasoft, Ranger4, and Signal Sciences. The survey's margin of error is ±2.02 percentage points for 2,292 IT professionals at the 95% confidence level. About Sonatype Last year developers requested 31 billion components from the Central Repository to manufacture the software applications that run the world. Additionally, with more than 120,000 installations, companies around the globe use Sonatype's Nexus solutions to manage reusable components and improve the quality, speed and security of their software supply chains. Sonatype is privately held with investments from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Accel Partners, Hummer Winblad (News - Alert) Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Bay Partners and Goldman Sachs. For more information, visit: www.sonatype.com.
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