The seven habits of a highly effective DevSecOp - James Wickett

Описание: DevOps and the subsequent move bring security in under the umbrella of DevSecOps has created a new ethos for security. This is good, however moving security and devops closer together in many organizations leaves us with questions of how this merge works in practice. What happens to security? To developers? And really, what makes a good DevSecOp?

This talk highlights the seven habits that the high-performing DevSecOp of today (and tomorrow) should develop. Topics range from empathy to lean to system safety with the hope to uncover a new playbook for devs, ops and security to work together.

About James Wickett:

James spends a lot of time at the intersection of the DevOps and Security communities. He works as Head of Research at Signal Sciences and is a supporter of the Rugged Software and DevSecOps movements. Seeing the gap in software testing, James founded an open source project, Gauntlt, to serve as a Rugged Testing Framework. He is the author of several security and DevOps courses on LinkedIn Learning, including: DevOps Foundations, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps: Automated Security Testing, Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), and Site Reliability Engineering.

He got his start in technology when he founded a startup as a student at the University of Oklahoma and has since worked in environments ranging from large, web-scale enterprises to small, rapid-growth startups. He is a dynamic speaker on topics in DevOps, AppSec, InfoSec, cloud security, automated security testing, DevSecOps and serverless.

James is the creator and founder of the Lonestar Application Security Conference which is the largest annual security conference in Austin, TX. He also runs DevOps Days Austin and previously served on the global DevOps Days board. He also bears several security certifications including CISSP and GWAPT.

In his spare time he is trying to learn how to make a perfect BBQ brisket.