Helen Beal was once speaking at a conference about what being a DevSecOps engineer is all about. To her surprise, many of the participants in the DevSecOps track were not on board with bringing Security into DevOps. After probing the audience about this, she summed up the concerns into three categories: it could create another silo; that people in organizations have a hard time understanding DevOps, so it might create even more confusion; and, maybe there isn't room for another area.
Of course, Helen disagrees, and she knows a thing-or-two about DevOps and DevSecOps after spending nearly 20 years in the technology industry with a focus on the Software Development Lifecycle. She is a self-titled DevOpsologist at Ranger4, where she helps organizations implement DevOps. She shares her knowledge speaking around the world, and she was able to join us for our 2018 Nexus User Conference, speaking on artifact repositories and their role in the DevSecOps toolchain.