We are proud to announce GigaOm is acknowledging Progress Chef as a Leader in the policy as code market within the DevSecOps sector.
Chef is part of GigaOm's 2022 Radar for Policy as Code, and the Chef Enterprise Automation Stack (EAS) stands out to the research firm as a leader.
Policy-as-Code solutions enable DevSecOps teams of any size to document and share security and compliance policies. The policies automate configuration and policy checks continuously. By automating configuration and policy in a single process, security and visibility are significantly improved. Utilizing Chef's policy-as-code approach increases the accuracy of risk assessments and speeds up the high-quality delivery of mission-critical applications.
GigaOm recognizes the companies that are continuously pushing their technology within this sector. The firm created the Policy-as-Code Radar to showcase companies utilizing technology to improve an organization's complete DevSecOps stance.
Enterprise Automation Stack
Chef strongly focuses on the Enterprise market segment based on the Market Categories and Deployment model. The following section will explore Chef's Policy-driven automation (PDA), a way to automate IT (Information Technology) tasks with a clear policy. Development, operations, and security teams work to address the needs of organizations for more automation in their IT environments. Chef identifies what needs to be done by examining the policy that defines the task in question and then acting accordingly.
Audit Reporting
- Improve visibility into the security posture of their applications and infrastructure.
- Reduce the risk of vulnerabilities introduced into the software supply chain.
- Increase the speed at which vulnerabilities are detected, remediated, and reported.
- Improve the productivity and efficiency of their developers by reducing time spent on manual tasks such as code reviews, security testing, etc.
Shift-Left
Chef has capabilities that directly increase pipeline governance to reduce application and infrastructure vulnerabilities. It includes the following components:
- Assessment and continuous monitoring of vulnerabilities.
- Automated deployment and configuration of applications and infrastructure to eliminate errors.
- Automated vulnerability remediation
- Zero trust philosophy
- Security at scale
Download the entire GigaOm Radar for Policy as Code report to read the firm's thoughts on Chef.
