FINAL WORD
Just like the ancient well , today a single script can affect thousands of systems within minutes , unlike years ago when it should have taken days or weeks .
Automation is a force multiplier allowing operations of all kinds to scale in ways that human beings could never achieve . It is the cornerstone of scaling processes , practices and business . It is always said that an organisation cannot become a digital business without automation as it is one of the six key capabilities organisations need to successfully capitalise on data , adopt Site Reliability Engineering ( SRE ) operations and infuse digital services with the ability to adapt through modern app delivery .
As the meaning goes , automation is automatic . Once begun , it is difficult to intercept the cascading changes across systems and its speed is impossible to stop .
Several instances of automation propagating unintended changes have impacted large swathes of the Internet as a bad parameter pushed into a script is almost impossible to recall . So , the well becomes poisoned once the enter button is pushed or when the API endpoint is invoked .
Also , threats of human error and the security of IT automation are overlooked attack vectors that can eventually be exploited , even if it takes a decade . According to the latest Uptime Institute research ,
As organisations move to adopt more automation , they need to simultaneously consider the accidental or intentional ramifications of its use .
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