GitOps is a paradigm that puts Git at the heart of building and operating cloud native applications by using Git as the single source of truth and empowers developers to perform what used to fall under IT operations. This post is part a blog post series covering GitOps and Kubernetes security.

The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council administers the Payment Card Industry Security Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). It's a standard that any organization that stores, processes or transmits cardholder data, must comply with. It's not new, it's well understood, and there are a multitude of companies that have sought and achieved compliance over the many years since its introduction.