How Zhongtai Securities Boosted DevOps Efficiency with the BeeBird Platform
Zhongtai Securities' BeeBird Efficiency Platform, evaluated by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, achieved top‑level DevOps system and tool standards, delivering multi‑environment CI/CD, automated testing, security integration, and significant productivity gains that accelerate the firm's digital transformation in finance.
Background
On December 26, 2022, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) announced the latest batch of DevOps standard assessment results. Zhongtai Securities participated with its BeeBird Efficiency Platform project, which passed the excellent‑level evaluation for the system and tool pipeline module of the DevOps capability maturity model.
Project Overview
The BeeBird platform is an internally developed infrastructure project that integrates multi‑environment continuous integration (CI) / continuous deployment (CD), code quality checks, open‑source component scanning, security testing, automated testing, release approval, and performance tracking. It supports agile development, enabling small‑iteration delivery and improving efficiency, safety, and digital transformation for the financial technology team.
Assessment Results
Zhongtai Securities has passed six CAICT DevOps assessments, including one for continuous delivery, two for system and tools, and three for DevSecOps. It is the first securities firm to achieve the DevSecOps security capability assessment.
Benefits and Improvements
Standardized development, testing, and production environments, ensuring security and compliance.
Increased delivery efficiency: CI/CD automation reduced release time by over tenfold, saving significant manpower.
Automated testing cut test cycles from days to hours, with over 5,000 test cases covering core business.
Enhanced platform extensibility through plugin‑based pipeline nodes and a planned plugin marketplace.
Improved visibility of DevOps metrics and health statistics.
Future Plans
The team aims to further optimize platform usability, integrate security tools throughout the pipeline, and strengthen data collection for digital transformation. They also plan to deepen cloud‑native adoption and align DevOps with the full software lifecycle.
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