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4 steps to connect change management and DevOps

CIO

The challenge some companies face, however, is the change management of the structured approach for handling alterations within a development cycle. Change management is an enabling framework for managing people through a change, in this case, related to a product in production. But it’s not easy.

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Preventing Security Misconfigurations: Change Management and Compliance

Firemon

Or worse, these changes you’re about to put in could allow a hacker to exploit a new vulnerability that just appeared this week. Or worse, these changes you’re about to put in could allow a hacker to exploit a new vulnerability that just appeared this week. There’s just too much to try to manage in your team’s head.

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Change Management in a Fast-Paced DevOps World

DevOps.com

While DevOps speeds up software release cycles, change management often slows them down. So, how do you do change management in a fast-paced DevOps environment? Change control enables organizations to meet compliance and governance while managing changes at the speed of business.

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How to Select a Change Management Solution

Firemon

Manual rule and policy management of complex ground-to-cloud networks introduces countless opportunities for error, and most breaches are attackers taking advantage of this low-hanging fruit. Time-consuming manual changes, fragmented ownership, and policy clutter all contribute to poor policy hygiene. Problem 2: Fragmented Ownership.

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6 IT rules worth breaking — and how to get away with it

CIO

All are established to help the organization meet compliance and achieve essential goals. Code change management processes One rule that can occasionally be broken without outside repercussions is sending new code or a new capability into production without first following a required change management process, Chowning says.

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Adapt to Change: Network Policy Change Management | The 5 Critical Success Factors to Agile NSPM

Firemon

To err is human, and with many enterprises managing 100 firewalls or more, there are plenty of chances for humans to err. Almost two out of every three businesses are still using manual firewall change management processes, despite ever-increasing volumes of change requests. FireMon Simplifies the Complex.

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Automating compliance in software delivery

CircleCI

Compliance requirements can add significant overhead to an organization. Fortunately, it is possible to automate compliance-related activities using continuous integration and third-party tools. Examples of software compliance requirements. Software compliance best practices. Comprehensive testing and change management.