What is DevOps Security? Challenges & Best Practices

DevOps security best practices involve integrating security measures into the DevOps workflow to protect code, infrastructure, and deployments without disrupting the development pipeline. Key aspects include securing the CI/CD pipeline, handling application secrets responsibly, tracking dependencies for vulnerabilities, implementing access control, monitoring activities in the environment, and educating everyone involved in the software development lifecycle about security. Automation is crucial to ensure that security practices are followed consistently.