Overview
Continuous Verification extends the principles of CI/CD into the post-deployment phase. It uses observability data and automated tests to ensure that the system remains healthy and compliant with its requirements over time.
Key Concepts
- Automated Health Checks: Continuously running smoke tests against production.
- Drift Detection: Identifying when the actual state of infrastructure differs from the desired state (IaC).
- Experimentation: Using Chaos Engineering to verify resilience hypotheses.
Benefits
- Early Detection: Find issues that monitoring alone might miss.
- Confidence: Verifiable proof that the system is working correctly in the real world.
- Continuous Compliance: Ensure security and operational policies are always enforced.