When discussing DevOps processes such as “continuous delivery” and associating them with “security standards” this normally springs to mind analogies like Leonardo Di Caprio and an Oscar win, or Jon Snow and knowledge of everything, or for those well-read individuals Einstein’s theory of gravity and quantum mechanics, or to the everyday person square pegs in round holes. It is two ideologies that are deemed not to mesh or an anti-pattern even. But let’s investigate the reasons for this perception, why do people think this concept doesn’t mesh and why do people deem it something that won’t work?