Operational Transparency as a Compliance Mechanism in Federal DevOps Ecosystems
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15662/IJEETR.2024.0603005Keywords:
Operational Transparency, Federal DevOps, Compliance Governance, Observability, Audit Readiness, Immutable Change Records, Compliance Automation, Secure Software DeliveryAbstract
Transparency in operations is a valuable aspect of establishing trust and compliance in operational federally-managed DevOps ecosystems. This paper focuses on the use of automation driven by transparency, particularly automated observability, standardized reporting, as well as immutable records of change as an effective tool of compliance. These are mechanisms that contribute towards enhancing audit readiness and accountability by the stakeholders in a bid to create awareness of what transpires in the system. The automated observability has a benefit of real-time monitoring compared to the standardized reporting which offers uniformity in recording of processes during audit making it more efficient. The records of unalterable change are also conducive to integrity of the operations in the system with any changes in the system always being recorded and can be traced. The synthesis of all these practices into federal DevOps space produces the atmosphere of compliance governance, which enables to provide the software in a safe manner and avoid potential risks. The paper notes that transparency is necessary to reduce the instances of non-compliance and facilitate continuous monitoring that results into the realization of long-term success in government IT systems.
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