Security & DevSecOps
Practical
By Samson Tanimawo, PhD
Published Apr 5, 2026
4 min read
Shift-Left vs Shift-Right Security
Security at build time vs runtime. The trade-offs.
Shift-left
Catch issues at code/build time. Fast feedback.
SAST, dependency scanning, IaC scanning.
Shift-right
Catch issues at runtime. Real production signal.
Runtime sec, anomaly detection, traffic analysis.
Both
Layer them. Each catches what the other misses.
Defense in depth.