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SecDevOps is the Solution to Cybersecurity
Anybody paying attention to world news will notice that the threats and risks perpetrated by cybercriminal actors, in many forms, is a serious problem on the rise, affecting indivi…
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The struggle for continuous software security is obvious, but the solutions are not. As I indicated in my prior blog, SecDevOps is the Solution to Cybersecurity, a security-first mindset, coupled with SecDevOps-specific practices,…
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Anybody paying attention to world news will notice that the threats and risks perpetrated by cybercriminal actors, in many forms, is a serious problem on the rise, affecting indivi…
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SecOps. DataOps. NetOps. Reading these terms, you get the sense that the key to IT efficiency is to make IT Ops work with everyone else. But that’s a mistake, because it leaves dev…
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“Rugged DevOps,” “DevSecOps”—am I missing any? About the only thing more abundant than the volume of terms emerging to describe different facets of how security supports DevOps are…
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Truthfully, I was never a huge fan of the HBO series “The Sopranos.” It’s not that it wasn’t entertaining; I just didn’t agree with the “best ever” label that so many espoused duri…
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The concepts of communication, collaboration, abstraction, automation and orchestration are cornerstones of the rapidly growing DevOps movement. At the same time reliance on virtua…
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I was sad to hear of the passing of John Nash and his wife Alicia this weekend. May they rest in peace. As a game theorist I am familiar with his work and it just so happens that N…
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There’s been considerable discussion recently about how to make certain good security practices remain integrated within DevOps-driven environments. To get the scoop from a securit…
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DevOps and security. Its a muddled mix of waters made even more confusing by the wet ink still on the concept of DevOps. There is no denying the popularity of DevOps and there is a…
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The line up for DevOps Connect: SecDevOps @ RSAC is complete. What a great job Gene Kim and Josh Corman did lining up a power-packed schedule. Here is what the day is shaping up to…
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Automated unit, integration and acceptance tests are essential quality controls in running a reliable continuous integration or continuous delivery pipeline. Too often, security te…
Containers
Containers are here. And it doesn’t mater whether or not containers are a transitional technology (they are, as our JP Morgenthal covered in Containers are designed for an antiquat…
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In April devopsy.kinsta.cloud will highlight the intersection of DevOps and Security. We will be hosting DevOps Connect: SecDevOps @ RSA Conference on Monday, April 20 with Gene Ki…
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Several people have written asking us how to pre-register for the DevOps Connect: SecDevOps conference on the Monday of RSA Week at the Moscone Center. All registrations are handle…
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A remark by a colleague while waiting for the coffee machine to complete its cycle started my train of thought. “Should we have multiple minor releases or just do a few major ones…
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I’ve often said that the driving factor for many companies in adopting a comprehensive information security program are the dreaded “F” and “A” words – FUD and Audit. Technically F…
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Moving security to the left has become a coined phrase meant to describe the process of getting the security team involved earlier in a process. Most typically, the phrase is used…
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As more enterprises embrace DevOps, organizational disconnects often are created between what controls DevOps teams have in place and what IT controls auditors believe need to be i…
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Much has been written about the role of Security in a DevOps culture. Almost universally the thought is that DevOps can help improve security. Why? How? Really? An old friend of mi…
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Those of us highly focused on the delivery pipeline of DevOps will wonder why we should include the security guy to the party. After all, aren’t they just going to slow down the pr…
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Last week Andrew Storms put up a good post hinting at the promise of security automation in [SecDevOps: Security Automation By Example – The Firewall Change]. He included an exampl…
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Security Automation By Example The Firewall Change Just when you thought DevOps was the new black, along comes SecDevOps. Yes folks, like most things in life, the new cool is alrea…
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Based on my unscientific poll of friends, one of the least used and most overlooked features of AWS is CloudWatch. Not only can CloudWatch be used to monitor the availability of yo…