# Defguard Open Organisation

Defguard is developed as an open and transparent organisation.

This section documents how we operate: how we plan and build the product, manage releases, handle security and compliance, collaborate internally, and work with the community and customers. All public procedures collected here describe the processes we follow to ensure consistent quality, security, and predictable development.

By publishing these procedures, we aim to:

* make our decision-making and development process transparent,
* enable meaningful community participation,
* and continuously improve how we build and maintain Defguard.

All documents in this section reflect our current way of working and evolve together with the project.

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[Product Development Procedure](/in-depth/defguard-open-organisation/product-development-procedure.md)
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