I definitely have a love-hate relationship with Agile. It’s not that I’m a fan of the Waterfall methodology. Far from it. But that’s a black-or-white logical fallacy. There are more than two ways to do things. And it is hard…
Five Key Concepts Enabling DevSecOps
In my last article on the GovDevSecOpsHub, I shared with you how cultural change is necessary to make DevSecOps possible within government agencies. However, cultural change isn’t all that’s opening the door to embracing DevSecOps. There are also five essential…
Why Culture is Everything in DevSecOps
In recent articles on the GovDevSecOpsHub, my associate, Rick Stewart, defined DevSecOps, and the need for a collaborative approach that includes all aspects of the development lifecycle, including security. DevSecOps is the result of several paradigm shifts from waterfall methodologies,…
Digital Transformation, Modernization, and…Your Health?
The recent passing of my mother and a health scare with my mother-in-law caused me to reflect upon my current health. I realized that the habits formed when my body was younger had caught up to my older self, and…
Three Key Characteristics of DevSecOps
In previous articles on the GovDevSecOpsHub, we explored the evolution from traditional application development to the DevOps model, and then discussed the newest trend in development – DevSecOps. The movement towards DevSecOps is an important one that ensures that security…
It’s Time to Evolve from DevOps to DevSecOps
As I discussed in my last piece on the GovDevSecOpsHub, the DevOps approach to software production helps to foster faster creation of applications with a higher degree of availability and reliability. By encouraging collaboration between development and operations teams and…