Case Study: Cerner achieves fully automated, compliant infrastructure and unified DevOps with Chef (Infra & InSpec)

Unifying Devs and Ops with Config Management and Compliance Automation

Cerner, a global healthcare technology provider serving more than 27,500 facilities, faced a scaling problem: system lifecycles and delivery processes were maintained manually with human-judgment-centric workflows that didn’t scale. The company needed a cohesive toolset to treat configuration as code, unify development, operations, and security teams, and accelerate delivery while improving client experiences.

Cerner deployed Chef InSpec for security and compliance and Chef Infra for configuration management, creating a universal language to codify delivery pipelines. The result was fully automated infrastructure, compliance, and security, better cross-team collaboration, elimination of late-night fire drills, a systematic, monitorable process, and a cultural shift that made Cerner more agile and responsive across its solutions.

Cerner

Kyle Harper

Lead Engineering Manager