The state of Dev SecOps: the latest stats and trends in 2020
Summary: PortSwigger's 2020 roundup cites Gartner's Hype Cycle for Agile and DevOps placing DevSecOps in the "Slope of Enlightenment" with 20-50% market penetration and mainstream adoption projected in 2-5 years. It also cites GitLab's survey of over 3,650 respondents finding 62% had DevOps implementations 1-5 years old, Sonatype's finding that just 15% of 5,045 respondents rated their DevOps adoption "mature," and GitHub's Nico Waisman putting developers at 500 to one against security professionals.
Why it matters: GitHub's estimate that developers outnumber security professionals 500 to one is the arithmetic behind every under-resourced security team, and ISACA's finding that 78% of respondents saw demand for technical cybersecurity skills rising - versus 29% for CISOs - says the shortage bites hardest at the doers, not the managers.
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