The Elusive Quest for DevSecOps Collaboration

Despite years of discussing DevSecOps, achieving security and development collaboration remains an uphill battle in most organizations. This article explores why real-world DevSecOps adoption lags behind expectations, common barriers faced, and how the Stream Security platform bridges visibility and policy gaps to foster joint ownership between siloed teams, finally working from a "single source of truth."

The Slow March of DevSecOps Evolution

While the concept of DevSecOps has been discussed for years as a best practice for integrating security into development lifecycles, actual adoption has been gradual at best. As Or Shoshani, CEO of cloud security provider Stream Security, explains, "In most of the organizations that we have been working with and exposed to, the SecOps and DevOps are still being separated into two different groups." 

The reality is that despite widespread consensus on the need for closer collaboration between security and development teams, real-world progress has lagged. Shoshani attributes this to the constant tension between an exciting vision and on-the-ground implementation realities. Just as with past innovations like multi-cloud, he notes, "Everybody talks about it, but the industry isn't ready." Systemic culture shifts take patience.

Barriers to Change Remain High

What's behind this lagging evolution? Incumbent challenges around processes, mindsets, and communication persist. Groups accustomed to working in silos and throwing issues "over the wall" resist new rhythms. Security teams are trying to validate each release phase before the next begins trip up accelerated development timetables. And without air cover from leadership, there's little incentive to try.

As Shoshani summarizes, in most organizations, we see security and development teams continue "working on two separate books" in isolation. The result is not only slower velocity but also compounded risks from changes made without visibility into cross-functional impacts. Dueling changes break production environments and reduce security adherence over time.

The Stream Solution: Visibility and Collaboration

Stream Security's platform offers one pathway to help organizations stuck in these dynamics, providing integrated visibility and automated policy guardrails tailored to each team's concerns. Via an intelligent cloud model that acts as a "digital twin," the system offers a centralized source of truth into infrastructure posture and activity in real-time, including the often hazy realms of shadow IT and interdependencies across cloud environments. 

It then surfaces actionable, relevant alerts simultaneously to Security and DevOps users for tighter coordination. As Maor Idan, Senior Product Marketing Manager, notes, "We simulate the impact of each changing pixel and let them know first what the impact is, what the remediation step is, and how they can address it." This translates into fewer fire drills, optimized remediation, and, ultimately, the foundation for teams to actively align priorities.

Results From the Field

Early proof points demonstrate Stream's potential impact. As Shoshani shares, one customer went from being perpetually overwhelmed by a barrage of false positive alerts to trimmed, accurate notifications and confident oversight — allowing their tiny staff to finally collaborate effectively with their developer counterparts. 

Others seek out the platform's unique capabilities for cost optimization, compliance auditing, or to combat shadow IT risks with newfound visibility. While the path to mature DevSecOps practices remains long, Stream Security’s approach demonstrates how smarter tools that provide transparency into the complete environment and enable closer cross-functional workflows can accelerate that evolution. Or, as Shoshani puts it, the solution helps "bridge the gap" where previous attempts at collaboration have stumbled.