Megan is preparing to run automated security tests against the code that developers in her organization have done. Which environment is she most likely to operate them in if the next step is to deploy the code to production?

Staging environments, sometimes called pre-production environments, are typically used for final quality assurance (QA) and validation before code enters the production environment as part of a deployment pipeline. Staging environments closely mirror production, allowing realistic testing and validation to be done. Development and test environments are used to create the code and for testing while it is being developed.