The seven habits of a highly effective DevSecOp

Presented at LocoMocoSec 2019, April 17, 2019, 8:30 a.m. (45 minutes).

DevOps and the subsequent move bring security in under the umbrella of DevSecOps has created a new a 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.

Presenters:

  • James Wickett - Verica
    James is a dynamic speaker on software engineering topics ranging from security to development practices. He spends a lot of time at the intersection of the DevOps and Security communities, and seeing the gap in software testing, James founded the open source project, [Gauntlt](http://gauntlt.org/), to serve as a Rugged Testing Framework. James works as a Sr. Security Engineer and Developer Advocate at [Verica](https://www.verica.io/), and is he is the author of several courses on DevOps and DevSecOps at [LinkedIn Learning](http://lnkd.in/JamesWickett). His courses include [DevOps Foundations](https://www.linkedin.com/learning/devops-foundations), [Infrastructure as Code](https://www.linkedin.com/learning/devops-foundations-infrastructure-as-code), [DevSecOps: Automated Security Testing](https://www.linkedin.com/learning/devsecops-automated-security-testing), [Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)](https://www.linkedin.com/learning/devops-foundations-continuous-delivery-continuous-integration), [Site Reliability Engineering](https://www.linkedin.com/learning/devops-foundations-site-reliability-engineering), and [more](http://lnkd.in/JamesWickett). 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 Serverless Days Austin. He previously served on the global DevOps Days board. In his spare time, he is trying to learn how to make a perfect BBQ brisket.

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