Developers don't have to manually provision and manage servers, operating systems, storage, and other infrastructure components each time they develop or deploy an application because infrastructure provisioning is automated with IaC.
Advantage of adapting the Infrastructure automation is it reduces the human interaction with IT systems by writing repeatable scripts or functions that can be run by other software or on command.
Shifting to the cloud is the first step toward achieving the goal of automation with IaC, and GitHub Enterprise Cloud is chosen for building an agile framework. The departments selected GitHub based on their previous experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps. The benefits of using the GitHub Enterprise cloud include features such as securing each step while automating the entire workflow. Using a GitHub repository streamlines the process of pulling, working, and monitoring code. However, with GitHub Enterprise Cloud, collaboration has become easier because every state department employee now has access to Azure Devops, and whenever access is required, all that is required is to grant them permission to access the GitHub repository.
When Azure DevOps and GitHub are combined, it creates a shared responsibility for collaboration as well as built-in security from the start of the development process. Not to forget, that this amalgamation of collaboration and built-in security extends the culture of DevSecOps. Every code is pre-scanned before it is committed to GitHub and the developer can see that the code has been pre-committed. However, in reality when code is committed in the backend, the CI/CD pipelines are triggered, and the code is channelled through Veracode (a CDT static scan analysis tool) and SCA's so that any vulnerabilities can be caught during the development phase. Veracode allows you to see any code flaws right away before getting into production phase hence reducing the deployment time.
