The term “operationally mature” characterizes companies that understand how incident management affects both employee well-being and business impacts. Operationally mature companies have a process in place with built-in reliability and accountability that limits high-severity incidents because of bugs. The more mature a company’s operations, the better it can maintain agility and adapt to change. So […]
When the bad guys use DevOps, you need DevOps to defend yourself
I came across an intriguing headline the other day: Malware coders adopt DevOps to target smut sites. The article, unfortunately, is fairly vague about what exactly that means, but it got me thinking about the potential implications. It’s all just a function of rivals competing. Just as Company A has to find a way to […]
Embracing a culture of continuous incident response
In a world of continuous development and rapid iteration combined with being connected online 24/7/365, you are bound to encounter threats. In fact, attackers use automated tools so you are under constant siege from continuous threats. The natural response is to implement some form of continuous incident response. The standard development model involves different stages […]