High Availability Hopeful in Helsinki 1 Comment / November 1, 2023 High Availability Hopeful in Helsinki Dear Sloan, I’m a systems operations lead at a pretty big company. We’re starting to upgrade some services to High Availability (HA) deployments. I’m pretty … Read more NOW “High Availability Hopeful in Helsinki”
Onboarding Developers in Omaha 1 Comment / October 2, 2023 Onboarding Developers in Omaha Dear Sloan, Here’s the summary: I need to onboard a few hundred developers to a new tool that will help with software supply chain security. The … Read more NOW “Onboarding Developers in Omaha”
New to Software Security Framework in Nairobi Leave a Comment / September 4, 2023 New to Software Security Framework in Nairobi Hi Sloan, I am a long time reader, first time writer! I have a question for you about how implementing a software security … Read more NOW “New to Software Security Framework in Nairobi”
Rough Security Reviews in Roanoke Leave a Comment / August 2, 2023 Rough Security Reviews in Roanoke Hey Sloan, I’m an Application Security Manager at a mid-size company. About a year ago, my company adopted DevOps practices, with hopes for more frequent … Read more NOW “Rough Security Reviews in Roanoke”
Software Composition Analysis-Curious in Shreveport 2 Comments / July 5, 2023 Software Composition Analysis-Curious in Shreveport Dear Sloan,By now, most everyone is aware of the 2021 Cybersecurity Executive Order signed by President Biden. Since then, I’ve been hearing a lot … Read more NOW “Software Composition Analysis-Curious in Shreveport”
Hiring Challenges in Hanoi 1 Comment / June 2, 2023 Hiring Challenges in Hanoi Dear Sloan, As part of my role in HR, I’ve recently been tasked with finding an experienced DevOps Engineer to join the small, fully remote development … Read more NOW “Hiring Challenges in Hanoi”
Cybersecurity: Top Five Tips in Tillamook Leave a Comment / May 2, 2023 Cybersecurity: Top Five Tips in Tillamook Dear Sloan, Your advice articles are great, and your recent articles about the risks of using open source software (OSS) were very helpful. Sloan, … Read more NOW “Cybersecurity: Top Five Tips in Tillamook”
Nervous About the National Cybersecurity Strategy in Nantucket 1 Comment / April 6, 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy Nervousness in Nantucket Dear Sloan, I’m seeing a lot in the news about the National Cybersecurity Strategy rolled out by the federal government. While news sources have … Read more NOW “Nervous About the National Cybersecurity Strategy in Nantucket”
Tangled Up in Transitive Dependencies 4 Comments / March 1, 2023 Tangled Up in Transitive Dependencies Dear Sloan, I just started a new job, and my first priority is to reduce our project vulnerabilities. When I investigated, I found that our … Read more NOW “Tangled Up in Transitive Dependencies”
Making Progress on Dependency Management in Manila 1 Comment / February 1, 2023 Making Progress on Dependency Management in Manila Dear Sloan, I’m a newer developer, and am experiencing the dreaded “dependency hell” for the first time. My team is starting to manage … Read more NOW “Making Progress on Dependency Management in Manila”
