Tracy Bannon

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Posted by Tracy Bannon on Saturday, April 1, 2023

Does Ops Still Exist??

Does Ops Still Exist? What has happened to Operations folks? The rise of the term SRE (site reliability engineer) seems to indicate Ops has somehow gone away. DevOps did not diminish the need for Operations and neither will SRE.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Sunday, November 13, 2022

#NoHobbyists - Cybersecurity Cannot Depend on Hobbyists

We have a talent and knowledge deficit with cybersecurity. The pace of technical innovation is ever increasing as is the need to constantly upskill. Often, the most successful and sought after talent spend many many hours on their own to keep pace; this is not sustainable.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Sunday, November 6, 2022

Life After WordPress

When to outsource, and when to just do it!

“This is the beginning and the best is yet to come! ” Time to simplify! Time to drink my own champagne. I don’t need someone hosting my website or managing my content. I am committed to providing by guidance as code and using Git to managed my espressions with y’all. Photo by averie woodard

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Friday, September 2, 2022

Saturn 2017 Talk

SATURN 2017 Talk: It Can Be Done! Growing an Architects' Community!

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Friday, September 2, 2022

Shift Left Acadermy: Builders and Breakers

Builders and Breakers Our best way forward towards cyber secure software is teaching builders to think like breakers and breakers to understand builders. Excellent discussion by Tracy Bannon, Casey Ellis, facilitated by Deb Radcliff

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Thursday, July 28, 2022

Upstream: OSS supply chain security in the wake of Log4Shell

For years, experts have been telling the government to take stock of the software supply chain by generating software bills of materials and defining standards and policies for use. But it took a few big “oh !@#$%” moments like the SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline breaches to get the wheels of government really turning around improving software supply chain security.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Sunday, May 22, 2022

SEI DevSecOps Day Pittsburgh - #NoHobbyists

#NoHobbyists - How to Shift Security Everywhere CyberSecurity has traditionally been regarded as a function of a distinct security group. In reality, security and cyber resilient software is the responsibility of everyone in the organization. There is a well intended call to “shift security left” but no one knows how! Instead, organizations are depending on developers to become cyber-savvy on their own. Attendees will learn about why to not shift left, how to build a new security culture, and tips, tricks, and tools for moving away from security hobbyists to having experienced pros.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Friday, April 22, 2022

In the Nic of Time with Tracy Bannon

In the Nic of Time with Tracy Bannon: Why Culture matters!] Why Culture matters so much to succeed in software innovation, how to attract and retain talent, how to train your teams and what is working or NOT working when it comes to the DoD Software Factories! Nic invites Trac to share her experience in her role with MITRE as Senior Principal/ Software Architect & DevOps Advisor.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Thursday, April 7, 2022

Podcast Series:Tech.Strong.Women

Tracy Bannon and Charlene O’Hanlon co-host this video series on focused on the challenges and successes that have helped shape women’s collective journey in IT and ways to elevate conversations around equity and parity beyond gender norms. Guests range from rising starts to CEOs who are all, as I like to say, totally #Badass View the entire season on Digital Anarchist. Here are the most recent! https://digitalanarchist.com/videos/tech-strong-women Beyond Gender Norms In this inaugural episode of Tech.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Saturday, April 2, 2022