Eric Mizell, VP of field engineering at Keyfactor: “Automation and containerization became and continue to be critical for agility, repeatability and scale. 2020 saw rapid adoption of DevOps tools and practices. Automation and containerization became and continue to be critical for agility, repeatability and scale. As companies look towards 2021, security will be a major focus. Fear of security breaches and potential loss of customer trust will drive security best practices. This shift will take place earlier in the development process and we will see a larger focus on DevSecOps, meaning security will become a first class citizen as part of the software development life cycle (SDLC). Companies that can achieve “zero touch deploy” across infrastructure, software and security will have a significant advantage over their competitors.”