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James Wickett

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James Wickett

James Wickett is the Head of Research at Signal Sciences, a web protection platform that high performing DevOps teams love. He is the author of the most popular courses on DevOps topics in the Lynda.com and LinkedIn Learning platforms. James lives in Texas and has helped run DevOps Days Austin for the last six years. In his spare time he is trying to make a perfect BBQ brisket. Follow him on twitter: @wickett

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DevSecOps: Deception in Depth

Mantraps, tripwires and tarpits … sounds like the start of a solid spy-movie plot, doesn’t it? These are among the many concepts of physical security that are making the crossover to software security. You’ve likely heard that security is all about defense in depth—the idea of layering several defensive measures so that their combined effectiveness […]

Mar 8, 2018 · 3 min

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DevOps Predictions for 2018

The new year is upon us, and that can only mean one thing: outrageous tech predictions! This year, we have a few that are easy to believe and a few that are completely off-the-wall. See if you can pick them out. Serverless Overtakes Containers Serverless is the future and containers are dead. Some (or maybe […]

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It’s Time to Break Up with Your WAF

If the only reason you have a web application firewall (WAF) is for compliance, you deserve better. It’s time to replace it with something that provides not only compliance, but real security value as well. In the land of web application security, there are a few not-so-well-kept secrets, arguably none bigger than this: The WAF […]

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