Executive Summary

Faster time-to-market and a focus on delivering value are the biggest business drivers for rapid application delivery methodologies such as Agile and DevOps, but improved security and reduced risk are big opportunities as well — given the right security architecture, processes, and collaboration between stakeholders.

The characteristics of rapid application delivery teams seen in Aberdeen’s research provide valuable insights into how application security technologies and practices need to adapt to make them effective at the speed of DevOps.