At the Black Hat USA 2022 conference, IBM today revealed it is making available a toolkit for launching simulated attacks against source code management (SCM) platforms. The toolkit was launched as a proof-of-concept. Brett Hawkins, head of adversary simulation for the X-Force Red arm of IBM Security, said the SCMKit takes advantage of the REST […]
Source Control Management
The Competitive Advantages of Modern SCMs
Source code management (SCM) is not a new concept. It has been in existence since around 1980, when Revision Control System (RCS), one of the first major SCMs, was released. But that doesn’t mean SCM today is the same as it was decades ago. Modern SCM tools do much more than their predecessors. They handle […]
Achieving Open and Integrated Development with IBM Z
“DevOps” and “mainframe” are not words you often hear in the same sentence. Yet, the reality is that even in our current age of DevOps, mainframes remain the mainstays of many companies’ IT infrastructure. That’s why it’s critical for organizations to find ways to bring mainframe software delivery up to speed with modern DevOps practices, […]
‘DevOoops’ Moves: SCM Conflicts
DevOps’ ultimate aim is to create efficiencies in the software delivery process. But it doesn’t always work out that way. Sometimes DevOps initiatives lead to mistakes—something we lovingly call a “DevOoops.” CloudBees recently polled some colleagues and came up with five examples of a DevOoops in action. Following is a discussion submitted by solution architect […]
Configuration Files and DevOps
When DevOps appeared on the scene, configuration file management tools already existed. They weren’t used by everyone, but a fair number of organizations saw the power of configuration file versioning/management, and were using them. An interesting thing seems to have happened while DevOps evolved. Those tools are more popular, but while we’ve standardized on things […]
Separate but Equal: Not Equal and Not the Right Way
The DevOps Enterprise Summit in London provided another opportunity to speak to many clients about their organizations’ DevOps transformations. The key message is, “It’s all about people and culture,” but how do you make those changes? In session after session it was clear the source code manager (SCM) is central to this transformation. All clients […]
Essential Ingredients for Continuous Deployment
To build the system to automate the build and deployment (continuous deployment) process there are few main areas which need to be covered. Following are our prerequisites. – Source code – Builds System – Deployments – QA Automation To describe above here are the main ingredients – Configuration Management – continuous integration/ Automated Build – […]
Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment
A question comes to mind in what exactly do we need to do to move forward with Continuous Delivery and Continuous deployment, How should we start or rather where we should start from. Many times teams may not have achieved the continuous integration properly, maybe due to lack of proper tools, workflow or historical process. What […]