Shifting left with Stream.Security
Blog post from Stream.Security
Shift-left is a methodology that emphasizes addressing quality and security issues earlier in the development process to prevent problems rather than reacting to them. This approach requires developers to be familiar with various technologies and cloud environments to perform necessary tests at the right stages, enhancing their independence from operations teams. In the infrastructure sector, tools like Terraform are used, but the current reactive process for code reviews is slow and dependent on busy senior engineers, making it difficult to predict code impacts. Continuous Simulation, offered by tools like Stream.Security, presents a solution by allowing teams to simulate infrastructure changes before deploying them, enabling a comprehensive understanding of potential impacts and automating the pipeline. This proactive strategy reduces risks, shortens review times, and allows more engineers to confidently make infrastructure changes, ensuring compliance and efficiency while minimizing costs associated with unexpected deployment issues.