A Review of Ansible and Terraform: Powerfully simple tools on your journey to cloud automation
From a small hypervisor running on your own racks to a high-traffic, multi-cloud enterprise, automation has become a necessity, not a luxury. If you’re looking to build or improve automation within your own organization, what are the best tools to help you accomplish...
The Next Shiny Object
“Four years!” As soon as the words left my mouth, I regretted saying them. Not because they were wrong, rather the incredulousness in my voice was instantly met with furrowed brows and folded arms. Across the table was a potential customer, and thanks to my lack of...
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
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
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...
