For too long, audits and security reviews have been seen as resistant to the frequent release of software. Auditors require access to static systems and environments, which would seem to make continuous delivery impossible. Too frequently audits are a fire drill sampling of the current state and temporary fixes are put in place to appease the compliance audit without being integrated into future releases. About Matt Ray: Matt Ray is the Manager and Solutions Architect for Asia Pacific and Japan for Chef. He has worked in large enterprise software companies and founded his own startups in a wide variety of industries including banking, retail and government. He has been active in open source communities for over two decades and has spoken at, and helped organise, many conferences and Meetups. He currently resides in Sydney, Australia after relocating from Austin, Texas. He podcasts at SoftwareDefinedTalk.com, blogs at LeastResistance.net and is @mattray on Twitter, IRC, GitHub and too many Slacks.