# [MED] Does GitOps enhance application security?

**Source:** Snyk
**Published:** 2023-08-21
**Article:** https://snyk.io/blog/gitops-application-security/

## Threat Profile

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Written by Vandana Verma Sehgal 
August 21, 2023
0 mins read GitOps was pioneered by Weaveworks in 2017. It uses familiar tools to implement continuous deployment for cloud-native applications, improving the developer experience of Kubernetes cluster management and application delivery.
With GitOps, the desired state of infrastructure in production is recorded in a Git repository. An automated process continuously checks the state of the production environment and compa…

## Indicators of Compromise (high-fidelity only)

- _No high-fidelity IOCs in the RSS summary._ If the source publishes a technical write-up with defanged IOCs in the body, those would be picked up automatically on the next pipeline run.

## MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

- _Narrative-keyword inference returned no technique mappings; review article for ATT&CK relevance manually._

## Kill chain phases observed

_(none detected from narrative keywords)_

## Recommended hunts

_No actionable hunts can be derived from the RSS summary alone. The article may still warrant manual review — open the source link for actor attribution, IOCs in the body, and TTP detail._


## Why this matters

Severity classified as **MED** based on: 0 use case(s) fired, 0 technique(s) inferred. Read the full article for actor attribution, tooling details, and any defanged IOCs in the body that aren't visible in the RSS summary.