{"id":9392,"date":"2026-07-15T09:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gitprotect.io\/blog\/?p=9392"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:31:19","slug":"azure-devops-qa-protection-fips-compliant-encryption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gitprotect.io\/blog\/azure-devops-qa-protection-fips-compliant-encryption\/","title":{"rendered":"GitProtect 2.4.0: Complete QA Protection in Azure DevOps, FIPS-Compliant Encryption, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new 2.4.0 release delivers complete protection for your entire Quality Assurance (QA) workloads in Azure DevOps. Teams on platforms hosted locally in Windows can now secure them with the AES encryption compliant with the federal, enterprise-grade FIPS standards. This release also packs other notable upgrades, including seamless Active Directory integration, a smarter repository exclusion mechanism, and full German language support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dive into the full breakdown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The comprehensive protection of QA processes in Azure DevOps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now use GitProtect to secure Test Plan objects in Azure DevOps. This covers protecting entire <strong>Test plans<\/strong> as well as <strong>Test suites<\/strong>, including test case assignments, configurations, and execution history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequently, QA processes in Azure DevOps are fully protected, and\u2014in the event of a failure or attack\u2014<strong>your code deployment can proceed according to plan, without unpleasant surprises<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/gitprotect.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-release-240-complete-qa-protection-in-azure-devops.png\" alt=\"Release 2.4.0: Full protection of quality assurance (QA) processes in Azure DevOps.\" class=\"wp-image-9395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gitprotect.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-release-240-complete-qa-protection-in-azure-devops.png 800w, https:\/\/gitprotect.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-release-240-complete-qa-protection-in-azure-devops-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/gitprotect.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-release-240-complete-qa-protection-in-azure-devops-768x748.png 768w, https:\/\/gitprotect.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-release-240-complete-qa-protection-in-azure-devops-400x390.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FIPS-compliant encryption for enterprise-grade compliance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>GitProtect supports two modern encryption algorithms: AES-CBC and <a href=\"https:\/\/gitprotect.io\/blog\/aes-gcm-encryption-in-devops-backup\/\">AES-GCM<\/a>. 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