Once again this year staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud along with Sonatype, The Nexus Community, Gene Kim, Josh Corman and Mark Miller are producing DevOps Connect: Rugged DevOps @ RSA Conference.

The full day event takes place at the Moscone Center on the Monday of RSA Week, February 29 (it only comes once every 4 years), 2016. After the day packed full of sessions there will be a cocktail reception* as well.  *Cocktail reception requires separate registration.

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Which of the following best describes how you currently monitor and manage systems across your hybrid cloud environment?(Required)

Multiple separate tools for different environments

Multiple separate tools for different monitoring and management functions

Single consolidated dashboard

Custom built monitoring and management solution

No full monitoring and management solution

Don’t know

How valuable would it be for your monitoring and management solution to incorporate predictive analytics to help you identify and address system issues that are critical and not waste time or effort working through all the data and “noise” that is not critical?(Required)

Extremely valuable

Moderately valuable

Somewhat valuable

Slightly valuable

Not valuable

How do you most typically address potential system issues BEFORE they impact your operations?(Required)

Automated workflows and playbooks to remediate potential issues as soon as they are detected

An orchestrated response process that leverages automation, AI, and human expertise to rapidly respond to potential issues

Advanced monitoring tools such as predictive analytics and anomaly detection to proactively identify and address potential issues

Respond to issues as they arise, using manual processes and troubleshooting techniques

A combination of automated remediation, orchestrated response, and/or proactive monitoring to address potential system issues

Don’t know

Other

What methods does your organization use to control and monitor cloud/IT spending?(Required)

Centralized procurement processes

Pre-approved budget thresholds

Automated cost monitoring tools

Department-level spending controls

Regular cost audits and reviews

Cloud cost optimization platform

Approval workflows for resource provisioning

Native financial operations tools provided by the cloud provider

No formal controls in place

Don’t know

Other

Please specify:

Which methods do you rely on most to detect security vulnerabilities in your systems?(Required)

Automated scanning tools

Manual assessments

Vendor notifications

Threat modeling (for early detection)

None of these

Don’t know

Other

Please specify:

What are the TWO most common ways you prioritize vulnerabilities to address within your environment?(Required)

Based on potential impact

Based on exploitability

Regulatory compliance requirements

Based on CVSS scores

Risk-based analysis of multiple factors

First-in-first-out approach

No formal prioritization process

Don’t know

How do you typically handle system updates and security patches?(Required)

Automated updates and patches

Manually review and apply updates and patches on a regular schedule

A combination of automation and manual review

Apply updates and patches on an as-needed basis.

Outsourced update and patch management

No defined process

Don’t know

Other

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Last years event had over 700 people in attendance and featured a great lineup of speakers. This year’s lineup is even better we think. It features leaders from both the DevOps and security communities with some great practitioner accounts of how DevOps helps security and how security helps DevOps.

Thanks to the generosity of our friends at RSA Conference, we have a larger room this year to accommodate more people.  Anyone with any type of RSA pass is welcome.

What’s that, you don’t have an RSA pass? No problem. Use code 1U6DEVXPO when you register and save $100 off of an RSA full Expo pass. This should make your pass free if you register right away or only $25 if you register later.

With your RSA Expo pass not only do you have a ticket to to DevOps Connect: Rugged DevOps event, but you have a ticket to a full week of attending the RSA Expo floors. Sounds good to me. You can head over to REGISTER here. But don’t wait, there are less than 30 days to RSA!

Also you can get a lot more info about the speakers, abstracts, backgrounds etc. on the DevOps Connect: Rugged DevOps website.

So don’t wait. Register today as seating is limited and on a first come, first serve basis.  Looking forward to seeing you at DevOps Connect: Rugged DevOps!

Here is a quick look at the full agenda:

• 8:30 AM – 8:50 AM |Doors Open
• 8:50 AM – 9:00 AM |Welcome & Overview | Alan Shimel, Mark Miller
• 9:00 AM – 9:20 AM |Chocolate and Peanut Butter (or some such) | Josh Corman, John Willis
• 9:20 AM – 9:40 AM |What’s Hiding Under Your DevOps Rocks? | Jez Humble
• 9:40 AM – 10:00 AM |The State of DevOps Data Science | Nicole Forsgren
• 10:00 AM – 10:40 AM |The Darker Side of DevOps and Security | Bruce Potter
• 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM |Break
• 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM |2016 in Review: Failures in Public Safety and Privacy | Kim Zetter
• 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM |Seven Habits of Rugged DevOps | Amy DeMartine
• 11:20 AM – 11:40 AM |Applying DevOps principles to address dynamic changes in Cybersecurity | Aaron Volkman, Hasan Yasar
• 11:40 AM – 12:10 PM |Panel: “DevOps Engagement: Politics, People and Process” | Goerlich/Thrasher/Corrierre/Wang
• 12:10 PM – 1:20 PM |Lunch Break
• 1:20 PM – 1:40 PM |The Journey to DevSecOps | Shannon Lietz
• 1:40 PM – 2:00 PM |Rugged DevOps: Compliance at Velocity | Justin Arbuckle
• 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM |Building Security Controls Around Attack Models, Not Gut Feel | Stephan Chenette
• 2:20 PM – 2:40 PM |Release Engineering’s Role in Rugged DevOps | J. Paul Reed
• 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM |Silver Linings for Miles: DevOps for Building Secure Solutions | Andrew Becherer, Zane Lackey
• 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM |Break
• 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM |Security Wargames | Sam Guckenhiemer
• 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM |Bridging Security and DevOps using an Attack Driven Approach | Earnest Mueller, James Wickett
• 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM |Architectures, Design Patterns, and Coding for Rugged DevOps at Scale | Rich Mogull
• 4:20 PM – 4:50 PM |The R.O.A.D. to Rugged DevOps for a Major Airline | Dan Glass
• 4:50 PM – 5:00 PM |Final Thoughts | Alan Shimel, Mark Miller

Also a special thank you to  our sponsors:

HPE, Illumio, Cloud Passage, Evident.io, CA Technologies, TwistLock and RSA Conference!