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DevOps, Security, AI Convergence on Horizon
DevOps is regarded as practice that can drive performance advantages. Artificial intelligence is showing very real promise across the security market. Most public and private-sector organizations know that they must explore new and different ways of defending their networks against modern threats. These three factors make it clear that DevOps, AI and security are ripe […]
Sep 7, 2017 · 3 minAll articles by Joe Franscella
Showing 1–7Digital Transformation Top of Mind at PagerDuty Summit 2016
Digital transformation may seem like the enterprise tech buzzword of the moment, but it completely came to life for attendees at the inaugural PagerDuty Summit. C-level executives, industry leaders, developers and IT operators all came together to discuss why and how companies are navigating our digital world with operational maturity and excellence. PagerDuty Summit was […]
The DevOps Force Multiplier: Competitive Advantage + Security
Several years ago, DevOps started hitting the eyes of enterprise business leaders when news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and Forbes began reporting that the IT culture and methodology was helping adopters to gain a competitive advantage. Since then, we’ve seen story after story about how DevOps-focused employees are becoming the driving force […]
DevOps Security in Spotlight as Gartner Names vArmour Cool Vendor
News Reports vArmour CEO Eades Nabbed $41 Million Ahead of Trump Presidency In May, Gartner named 2016 Cool Vendors in several security categories. Given the focus of this column, I was interested in several of the companies chosen for the designation, especially those named in the Cool Vendors in Cloud and Emerging Technology Security 2016 […]
Murphy’s DevOps: The Internet Apocalypse
I’ve been immersed in cybersecurity for a good stretch, since it was known as just “infosec” and “security.” Over time, I’ve had opportunities to work with some brilliant minds and young-gun “hackers” (I’m not a name dropper, so I’ll refrain from using them as SEO-bait). I’ve watched attackers transition from being basement-dwelling teenagers to organized intruders to APTs. At […]
Murphy’s DevOps: 7 Habits of Rugged DevOps
Attendees of Rugged DevOps Connect at RSA packed Moscone West’s second floor Feb. 29 to immerse themselves in security. Among the presenters of the daylong event was Forrester analyst Amy DeMartine, who provided a tutorial on how security, developers and operations folks can work together better in the new DevOps world. Through a slide show, DeMartine […]
Murphy’s DevOps: Is Security Causing Things to Go Wrong?
“Rugged DevOps,” “DevSecOps”—am I missing any? About the only thing more abundant than the volume of terms emerging to describe different facets of how security supports DevOps are the number of vendors now claiming to provide products and services that “solve” related security problems. There have been some interesting offerings we’ve seen emerge at this […]