How CICC Wealth Achieved Advanced DevOps Standards with Its Unified Access System

Large enterprises worldwide have proven that standardization and tool empowerment are key to success. Applying DevOps standards and a continuous delivery pipeline can significantly improve quality, efficiency, safety, and market competitiveness.

On October 26, 2023, the 21st GOPS Global Operations Conference was held in Shanghai, where the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) announced the latest DevOps capability maturity assessment results.

CICC Wealth Securities Co., Ltd. participated with the "FS2.0 Unified Access and Unified Authentication Project," which passed CAICT's "Technical Operations Level 2" evaluation, indicating an advanced domestic level of DevOps capability.

To date, CICC Wealth has passed one technical‑operations assessment, one continuous‑delivery assessment, and one system‑and‑tool‑standard assessment.

Q: Please introduce the project you evaluated.

A: The project is a next‑generation unified access and authentication system for our new trading platform, providing a single entry point for external channels, dynamic routing, request proxy, and single‑sign‑on with multi‑point roaming, supporting various authentication methods.

Q: How did you feel after passing the DevOps standard assessment at Level 2?

A: We appreciate the platform and opportunity provided by CAICT, which gave us a comprehensive view of our operations and helped improve our technical‑operation practices.

Q: How did you consider the technical‑operation assessment for this project?

A: The project spans from access layer to backend database, using micro‑services, multi‑active architecture, and high‑availability design, allowing us to evaluate reliability, security, and stability comprehensively.

Q: What does this assessment mean for your team and what improvements were made?

A: The assessment broke down silos between teams, accelerated delivery speed and quality, and improved capacity‑cost management and full automation of change and deployment.

Q: What are the technical highlights of the system’s design?

A: The system uses a two‑site three‑center deployment with multi‑active high‑availability, dynamic thread scaling, micro‑service authentication with load balancing, and Gauss distributed database for high scalability and availability.

Q: Was the assessment process smooth? What challenges did you face?

A: The assessment was generally smooth, completing 35 capability items and 114 improvements. Challenges included insufficiently detailed standards and system connectivity issues, which were resolved by refining policies and forming a dedicated task force.

Q: How do you view the DevOps standard and its benefits for your enterprise?

A: DevOps provides a methodology that integrates development, operations, and quality assurance, enabling data‑driven, intelligent control platforms that boost efficiency and quality of operations.

Q: What are your future plans for DevOps?

A: We aim to advance beyond Level 2, further optimize our technical‑operation system, promote standards across the company, and enhance intelligent and security‑focused operations.

Q: What is your outlook on the future of DevOps?

A: As costs rise, enterprises will focus on efficiency; DevOps’s standardized, precise approach has broad prospects, moving toward full automation and intelligence in cloud‑native, containerized environments.

Industry participation details show that, as of October 26, 2023, numerous securities and fund companies have undergone DevOps maturity assessments, with statistics provided by the official assessment website.

The "Research and Development Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model" is a series of standards led by CAICT, co‑created with top internet, financial, and telecom enterprises, and recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It covers processes such as agile development management, continuous delivery, technical operations, DevSecOps, system and tool management, and platform engineering.

For DevOps standard assessment inquiries, contact CAICT (Liu Kailing, 156 5078 6171, [email protected]; Bai Hanyong, 159 1076 9206, [email protected]) or GreatOps Community (Wei Huanxin, 185 0025 5645, [email protected]).

Source: CAICT Digital Governance public account.