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

DevSecOps: Deception in Depth

March 8, 2018 | devsecops, security, software development

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 ...

DevOps Predictions for 2018

December 4, 2017 | application security, chaos engineering, containers, DevOps backlash, DevOps predictions, Promise Theory, serverless, software flaws

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 ...

It’s Time to Break Up with Your WAF

October 12, 2017 | application security, cdn, compliance, content delivery network, cyberthreats, network security, PCI, security, WAF, Web Application Firewall

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 ...