Eureka! How Pulumi Brought Sanity to Our DevOps Team

Eureka! How Pulumi Brought Sanity to Our DevOps Team

I started out my professional career as a software developer then became a DevOps engineer. (Get it? It’s a joke.) The irony is that DevOps is not an engineering discipline at all, it’s actually a set of principles. In fact, the notion of a “DevOps engineer” runs...
The NGFW is Dead

The NGFW is Dead

Let’s get this out of the way: the next-generation firewall (NGFW) is dead. The cause of death: cloud. However, this is not an execution, rather a slow, decline into irrelevance in the face of a more agile competitor. The shroud of death and decay are all around the...
The Human Firewall is a Lie

The Human Firewall is a Lie

In 1919, a man founded a company to sell dubious investments in international postal trading. The company made no profit or tangible product. Despite this, the man sold millions of shares in his company. With each investor, he would funnel the money into dividends to...
The Technology You Own, Ends Up Owning You

The Technology You Own, Ends Up Owning You

In a recent article, Rupert Goodwins wrote that Information Security technology is a sham. His thesis is that for all the innovative technologies in the marketplace, they routinely fail to fulfill their fundamental purpose of protecting a business. Every new breach...