Last year, I was able to attend 18 DevOps conferences. I saw some awesome presentations, met incredible people and expanded my knowledge of the latest practices at each conference. While my role as the DevOps Advocate for Sonatype enables me to get out to all of these conferences, not everyone has the time, the budget, […]
From Architect to Operator: The Rise of Developers
Over the past five years, DevOps has transformed from a model for agile software development practices to the aspirational standard for functions across the IT spectrum. Previously, developers and IT Ops teams were distinct and siloed—developers built the application and IT Ops managed production environments—but now many in the industry have shifted to create a […]
DevSecOps @RSAC, My 2 Favorite Presentations
For the third year, staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud hosted a DevSecOps/Rugged DevOps event at RSA Conference. As with years before, we smashed attendance records. We had just shy of 900 people stop in on Monday of RSA Week to hear from the 11 presentations we hosted. Taken in total, the presentations presented a wide range of DevSecOps issues. […]
From a Commodore 64 to DevSecOps
We all know the story: a farm, a kid, a Commodore 64, and a modem maxing out at 300bps. A few unexpected phone bills later, and young Ian Allison is figuring out how to game the system so he can keep using his newfound gateway to the world of tech. According to Ian, that is […]
Elasticsearch Ransomware Attacks Highlight Need for Better Security
Recently, reports surfaced that a large number of Elasticsearch servers fell victim to potential ransomware attacks. Ransomware is the type of malware a company doesn’t want on its systems or network. It takes systems hostage, most commonly by encrypting or stealing data, and exposes the owners to blackmail attempts. According to a report by the […]
2017 Security Blogger Awards – Open for Voting!
It’s another year, and another awards ceremony to come at the Security Blogger Meet-Up at RSA Conference in San Francisco. It’s time to vote for your favorite blogs, which were selected solely by our esteemed influencers: Ericka Chickowski, George Hulme, Kelly Jackson-Higgins (Dark Reading) and Don MacVittie. We are very grateful for their taking the time […]
Everything Ops: Are DevOps Principles Being Applied Too Broadly?
From big data to storage to security, the DevOps concept is being applied to every field of IT operations under the sun today. This “Everything Ops” movement reflects the popularity of DevOps—but is it also diluting DevOps’s significance? DevOps itself focuses on software delivery. It’s about designing, building, testing, deploying and managing software applications. If […]
DevSecOps @ RSA Conference 2017
One again this year, staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud, Sonatype and RSA Conference are teaming up to bring a Security/DevOps day of learning and networking to RSA Conference 2017 in San Francisco on February 13, 2017. The event is DevSecOps @ RSA Conference 2017. Building on the previous two years of great events, this yearsevent promises to be even […]
Lance Crosby’s Vision To Bring Scale, Speed and Security To Developers with StackPath
The last most of us heard from Lance Crosby we thought he was riding off to an island sunset, to bask in the glow of a very successful exit from SoftLayer. The company he founded was bought by IBM for a few billion dollars to serve as the centerpiece of their cloud strategy. Many would […]
All Day DevOps
Over the past year, I have traveled to and delivered presentations at 18 DevOps events. I’ve also heard that over the past several years, John Willis has participated in more than 200 DevOps events. But not all of us have the time or budget to get ourselves and our teams out to these events […]