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Confirming to the most recent Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report states that nearly 90% of data breaches are driven by financial profit, up from 71% in the report of the previous year. The highly notable point is that cloud platforms are particularly at risk, with a 43% increase in web application attacks. Security teams should consider how security measures must be included in DevOps without affective productivity as more data is put into cloud infrastructures and as more businesses depend on web applications to ensure business continuity. However, acronyms and buzzwords can obscure the service industry. With the rise of automated security testing tools like SAST, DAST and SCA, it is critical to understand the distinction between each of these procedures and when to use them in the development cycle.