From new and changing data protection laws to the widespread occurrence of data breaches, consumers are more aware than ever of how their data is being used and when their privacy is compromised. Companies must commit to an intentional, strategic approach for ensuring compliance across their infrastructure, throughout the software development and delivery lifecycles, and within the very fabric of their DevOps culture.
This Refcard covers the fundamental components of DevOps compliance as well as key steps for organizations to take in order to meet regulatory and security requirements, improve operational efficiency, and adapt as policies inevitably change.
The benefits of building a DevOps culture in software companies are clear. DevOps practices integrate once-siloed teams across the software development lifecycle, from Dev to QA to Ops, resulting in both faster innovation and improved product quality. As a result, most software development teams have deployed tools to enable DevOps practices across their workflow.
The topic of database DevOps is trending right now and most Snowflake customers are asking about it, especially those who want to build a modern data platform in the cloud. But actually doing DevOps for a database environment is difficult and has some unique challenges compared with doing DevOps for applications.
These are tough times for businesses in the EU. Is the UK going to be in or out? Will it be a managed deal or no deal? Will it happen next week, next month, or never? What's the latest twist in the tale? Quite simply, businesses are finding it difficult to plan anything when everything is up in the air, and no one can confirm what will happen next.
All of which is making many businesses wary of making a decision to invest in their IT infrastructure. So much so that a survey by Beaming at the beginning of this year found that 53% of small to medium-sized businesses in the UK, and 77% of larger organizations, had put at least one IT project on hold due to Brexit concerns. The picture is likely to be the same right across the EU, so a lot of IT initiatives are in a holding pattern until clarity emerges from the confusion.
Database DevOps has come of age. Now seen as a key technical practice which can contribute to the successful implementation of DevOps, it stops the database being a bottleneck and makes releases faster and easier.
Conversely, perhaps, the automation and audit trails it introduces can help to protect personal data within databases and make compliance part of the same process rather than an additional time-consuming step outside it.
