DevOps teams play an increasingly important role in all types of software companies. From legacy organizations to cloud-native startups, the DORA metrics tell us that the performance of the DevOps team correlates very closely with the overall success of the business.

The much-anticipated cybersecurity rules by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for public companies have arrived, signaling a significant step forward from the proposed rules released in March 2022. These final rules, effective July 26, 2023, introduce new obligations that public companies must adhere to, promising a more secure and transparent corporate landscape. However, these regulations bring significant compliance challenges and litigation risks.

A compliance audit systematically examines an organization’s adherence to established rules, regulations, and standards governing its industry or sector. This rigorous process is designed to evaluate whether the company’s operations, policies, and procedures align with legal requirements, industry standards, and internal protocols. Essentially, a compliance audit acts as a comprehensive health check, ensuring that the organization operates within the bounds of the law and ethical guidelines.

The Continuous Compliance content hub is a set of guides for DevOps teams who need to move fast while remaining in compliance for audit and security purposes. We know that the old change management processes for software releases that happened once every 6 months don’t scale for DevOps teams who want to deploy every day. This is where Continuous Compliance comes in.

Modern software delivery teams find themselves under constant pressure to maintain security and compliance without slowing down the speed of development. This usually means that they have to find a way of using automation to ensure robust governance processes that can adapt to evolving cyber threats and new regulatory requirements.

Vigilance and awareness are critical for compliance and cybersecurity maturity. If board members are not familiar with the key indicators of success for maintaining a resilient business and meeting compliance requirements, they are not fulfilling all their responsibilities. Board members need to understand the principles of their duties to alleviate potential exposure to cyber risk and other outage causing events that could harm the organization’s revenue, and reputation.