KEYNOTE: Infosec at Ludicrous Speed: Rugged DevOps and More... by Gene Kim

Presented at AppSec USA 2012, Oct. 25, 2012, 9 a.m. (45 minutes)

Information security is rightly afraid of being marginalized: it has already happened. With the advent of cloud, the velocity of change is breathtaking: while most IT struggle with monthly releases, agile IT businesses routinely conjure thousands of AWS servers, performing over 10 deploys per day. This agility and cost-savings delights the business. And with good reason, it terrifies security.In this talk, I'll presenting key findings of my 10 years of research of high performing IT operations and security organizations, and my more recent research on the DevOps movement. I'll talk about why I believe DevOps is so important to addressing the dysfunctional marriage between IT and the business, and what security must do to survive and thrive in this new regime.


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  • Gene Kim - Author, Researcher - IT Revolution
    Gene is a multiple award winning CTO, researcher and author.  He was founder and CTO of Tripwire for 13 years. He has written three books, including "The Visible Ops Handbook" and "The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win."  Gene is a huge fan of IT operations, and how it can enable developers to maximize throughput of features from "code complete" to "in production," without causing chaos and disruption to the IT environment.  He has worked with some of the top Internet companies on improving deployment flow and increasing the rigor around IT operational processes. In 2007, ComputerWorld added Gene to the "40 Innovative IT People Under The Age Of 40" list, and was given the Outstanding Alumnus Award by the Department of Computer Sciences at Purdue University for achievement and leadership in the profession.

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