Wed.Sep 25, 2019

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Implementing DevSecOps Goes Beyond Technology

DevOps.com

While technology is crucial for implementing DevSecOps, it is the people, processes and culture that drive it forward. As recently as last year, a survey found 58% of technology leaders cited existing culture and lack of skills as hurdles to being able to embed security testing and evaluation within software development processes. That report found […].

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Devs still struggle with app sec: 3 ways to get your team up to speed

TechBeacon

The security features of web application frameworks are fairly complex, and correctly using code to implement security in an application is often difficult. No wonder, then, that 94% of applications tested in 2018 contained a vulnerability in a security feature, according to Micro Focus Software Security Research's 2019 Application Security Risk Report.

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The Single Greatest Lever in Shortening Cycle Time

Dzone - DevOps

This post is the second article in our Tactical Guide to a Shorter Cycle Time five-part series. Read the previous post here. Cycle. Time. Get it? You discover your engineering team has a long Cycle Time compared to the rest of the organization or compared to the industry’s top performers. Now what?

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Article: How to Tell Compelling Stories Using Data: Q&A with Dr. Christine Bailey

InfoQ Culture Methods

The more evidence we have, the more likely our ideas are believed - or so we’re conditioned to think. But data doesn’t always engage people; this is where storytelling can help to combine data, insights, and emotion, said Dr. Christine Bailey. She presented techniques to tell compelling stories with data, and showed how that can increase our influence with external and internal stakeholders.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Miscellaneous unsolicited (and possibly biased) career advice

Erik Bernhardsson

No one asked for this, but I’m something like ~12 years into my career and have had my fair share of mistakes and luck so I thought I’d share some. Honestly, I feel like I’ve mostly benefitted from luck. Some of the things I did on a whim turned out to be excellent choices many years later. Some of the things were clear blind spots in hindsight.

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An interview with dr hab. Pawe? Czarnecki, HM Rector Warsaw Management University

CEO Insider

Professor dr hab. Pawe? Czarnecki, HM Rector at the Warsaw Management University, is talking to CEOWORLD Magazine Editor-in-chief dr Milena Golda about what constitutes good MBA programmes, deliberating how much their ranking depends on the university’s exclusive ability to create independent and innovative paths of education, taking into account the latest achievements and trends in […].

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ICE Controversy May Lead to IT Contract Chaos

DevOps.com

For as long as most IT professionals remember, the only political issues any IT organization considered were largely internal. However, that appears to have changed in 2019 as more IT professionals begin to question whether they want to do business with IT vendors that support an organization they staunchly oppose on moral grounds. This week […].

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Five Things You Can Do Right Now to Improve Your Communication

CEO Insider

Communication is something we do 24/7. Whether we know it or not, and whether we like it or not, that hackneyed phrase from a bygone era, “first impressions are easy to make and hard to break,” rings true today. During those initial encounters, communication occurs: When we meet someone – Did we make eye contact? […].

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Cyber Breach Survivors Welcome: Why Firms Should Hire CISOs with Breach Experience

Symantec

We’ve avoided talking about it for years but it’s high time for industry professionals to share their insights from overcoming a security breach to help fight a smarter breed of hacker

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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State of Security Operations 2019: 5 challenges for SOC teams

TechBeacon

Staffing and budget availability are key challenges hampering the ability of security operations centers (SOCs) to carry out their missions effectively, a new study has found.

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Parallel Builds and Modularity for Faster Releases

Dzone - DevOps

Together, we can release faster. Leading software development companies are now deploying software multiple times per day. In this sort of environment, even small periods of waiting can add up to significant disruptions. One of the bottlenecks we have heard from our customers lately is with their builds. If you are deploying your software multiple times per day, you are a building your software multiple times per day, the faster you build, the faster you can deploy your software.

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Improving Dev and Test Processes with NaaS Connectivity

Megaport

The cloud hasn’t just had a major impact on how applications are acquired and deployed today – it’s completely transformed the way they’re developed. Across the board, the cloud has made development processes far more open, and faster than ever before. With dev and test environments hosted and managed in the cloud, developers can easily collaborate on projects from anywhere.

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How to Migrate Windows Server 2008 R2 Apps in Minutes

Dzone - DevOps

Time is running out to get off of Windows Server 2008. With the end of extended support for Windows Server 2008 R2 quickly approaching, many organizations are starting to realize they don’t have a plan for getting their applications off of Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 and that they may have to purchase an extended support agreement. Paying more for technology with declining value never feels like a good business decision.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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The HITRUST CSF 90-Day Rules – What You Need to Know

Coalfire

Earlier this year, HITRUST announced required changes, effective April 1, 2019 (applicable to all CSF assessor firms), regarding quality and consistency for validated assessments. The changes were outlined in the CSF Assurance Bulletin and included the release of the HITRUST CSF® Assessor Quality Checklist.

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Continuous Delivery in DevOps: Ensuring Releases are Dull and Reliable

Dzone - DevOps

Maybe now you'll have time for that project you've been putting off. There is some healthy tension between a good DevOps team and the concept of continuous delivery. In the past, a simple Agile team would build products and let the delivery manager worry about what happens in production. With the coming together of Dev and Ops, as the portmanteau term suggests, things are different.

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Whatsapp Chatbot: 5 Ways it is Transforming Business Communication

Daffodil Software

Whatsapp is the most popular messaging platforms with 1.6 billion active users on a monthly basis. Extending its real-time communication services to the next level, Whatsapp is enabling businesses to have seamless, secure interaction with customers.

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Shift Test Data to the Left, Too!

Dzone - DevOps

To the left, to the left, all you testing data in DevOps to the left. Much has been written about the “shift left” principle, meaning that testing becomes a consideration much earlier in the software delivery process than it had. In traditional approaches, testing and even the planning for testing begins much later in the development process (to the far right).

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Top 5 Challenges in Designing a Data Warehouse for Multi-Tenant Analytics

Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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An Interview with Professor dr hab. Pawe? Czarnecki, HM Rector Warsaw Management University

CEO Insider

Professor dr hab. Pawe? Czarnecki, HM Rector at the Warsaw Management University, is talking to CEOWORLD Magazine Editor-in-chief dr Milena Golda about what constitutes good MBA programmes, deliberating how much their ranking depends on the university’s exclusive ability to create independent and innovative paths of education, taking into account the latest achievements and trends in […].

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Automating network lifecycle management using AI

DXC

Managing devices and policies on a traditional network is a complex, manual task. So, what if we could automate the process leveraging AI? Traditionally, networking has relied on manually setting up individual policies for network devices. Because each vendor’s interface and syntax were unique, network administrators and team members had to learn the syntax for […].

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5 Leadership Traits You Didn’t Need 50 Years Ago

Strategy Driven

The role of a leader is always evolving, so it makes sense that the traits of a modern-day leader may be different from the leaders of half a century ago. Of course, some traits have remained pretty consistent throughout the years, such as being a role model and having strong communication skills. The following are some of the leadership traits that are important now that might not have been in the past. 1.

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Digital Transformation Enabled by Technology in Healthcare

Nutanix

Technology, business processes, new government mandates, industry consolidation, and strong consumerism-driven healthcare are just a few of the key underlying forces that continue to fuel the much needed changes in the healthcare space.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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Only 31% of Employees Get Annual Training on Cyber Security

CTOvision

The Chubb’s Third Annual Cyber Report reveals employee education is key for small businesses to prevent cyberattacks. Even with headline after headline about the latest data breach, people are not encouraged to defend against their cyber exposure. The goal of the report is to determine the level of understanding individuals have about their cyber risks. […].

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WordPress Continuous Deployment and Version Control with Bitbucket

Toptal

WordPress developers spent years struggling with sub-optimal solutions for CI/CD. Despite the fact that they were using the most popular CMS on the market, they often had to improvise and resort to time-consuming practices. In this article, Toptal WordPress Developer Alexa Green shares her approach to WordPress deployment using Bitbucket and some straightforward code.

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The State of the SAP S/4HANA Market – What Can We Conclude from Research by ASUG & IDC?

Nutanix

Some recent reports provide insights into plans to move to S/4HANA and the major considerations that are showing up.

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5 Cyber Skills That Are Essential for the Security Industry’s Next Decade

CTOvision

Read Lysa Myers list five cyber skills that every cybersecurity employee should have on Security Intelligence : If you look under the hood of modern security software, you will see a truly impressive feat of engineering. For at least the last three decades, the companies creating this software have been making impressive and truly innovative […].

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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5 Expert Tips for Women on How to Become a DJ

Women on Business

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How to Define & Prioritize Risk Management Goals

CTOvision

Read Kelly Sheridan’s article about how to define and prioritize risk management goals on Dark Reading : When evaluating the goals for a risk management program, many organizations focus on compliance or filling perceived gaps in their capabilities. The problem is, these priorities fall short of considering the full breadth of risks a business could […].

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The 2019 state of security in DevOps: what I learned working on Puppet’s annual report

CircleCI

Once again this year, I was fortunate to be a contributor to Puppet’s State of DevOps Report. Working on this report is always enlightening, and I’ve used this research over the last 8 years to learn about the state of the industry, what works in practice, and where organizations are stalling out and having issues. This year’s theme was security, and integrating it into DevOps practices.

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