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Jul 22, 2022

The Enterprise

How can the use of technology in security both a) protect the Enterprise in a world of digital native desires (balancing being critical national infrastructure), whilst b) accelerating innovation instead of being a barrier? There’s No Spoon One important thing to realise is that nothing is unbreakable. As much as Oracle wanted, and…

Enterprise Architecture

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The Enterprise
The Enterprise
Enterprise Architecture

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Feb 17, 2021

You Cannot Fight What You Can’t See

While people often say you cannot fight what you can’t see, I say you cannot change what you are not aware of. Last year, I spoke to a CTO who asked me about vulnerability assessment. I told him yes, it’s important to be aware of the vulnerabilities you have. …

Security

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You Cannot Fight What You Can’t See
You Cannot Fight What You Can’t See
Security

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·Feb 5, 2021

Container Security

I wrote this in 2019, but not much has changed except a few acquisitions, but a new comer has become a rockstar now. Definition A container is a standard unit of software that packages up code and all its dependencies so the application runs quickly and reliably from one computing environment…

Container Security

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Container Security
Container Security
Container Security

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Jan 31, 2021

Top Strategy Targets The Hearts

In criminology, there are three elements — motives, opportunities and means. To disrupt bad things, removing any of the three would work, but they’re not equal. …

Strategy

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Top Strategy Targets The Hearts
Top Strategy Targets The Hearts
Strategy

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Jan 15, 2021

Dear Founders

Dear Founders: Do you remember how you made your first friend at kindergarten? Did you say “Hi, my name is John, can I play with you?” or did you just walk up to another kid and start playing in parallel? Now, forget the costly McKinsey consultants told you about breaking…

Founders

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Dear Founders
Dear Founders
Founders

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Dec 1, 2020

DevSecOps is Dead; Long Live DevOps — Shifting Common Sense to the Left

I told everyone I’ve spoken to that “What took DevOps 10 years, will only take DevSecOps 3–5 years,” and I said that in 2017. …

Devsecops

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DevSecOps is Dead; Long Live DevOps
DevSecOps is Dead; Long Live DevOps
Devsecops

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Nov 6, 2020

Checks and Balances — Risks vs Mitigations

Lately, you probably heard many people talking about “checks and balances in government” without knowing what exactly they are. I’m no expert in politics so I don’t know what such things are either. However, it got me thinking about two very different approaches regarding the security of intellectual properties (IP). …

Intellectual Property

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Checks and Balances — Risks vs Mitigations
Checks and Balances — Risks vs Mitigations
Intellectual Property

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Published in FAUN Publication

·Oct 1, 2020

Application Operations in A Multi-Cloud World, and DevSecOps

These are the questions Mark Shuttleworth asked me and my replies. What are the key customer problems to solve? We aim to be the aggregator of multi-cloud world by creating an open framework that facilitates truly define once and operate everywhere. We don’t want laughable solutions that simply transpose cloud-specific…

Kubenetes

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Kubenetes

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Aug 19, 2020

Life, Interrupted — Security is A Mindset

Hi, everyone. I’m sure some of you may have noticed that our lives have been a little bit interrupted because of a microscopic virus called coronavirus. You can find a short story named “CVSS Score of COVID-19” on Medium I wrote in March just before I got COVID myself. This…

Covid-19

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Covid-19

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Mar 3, 2020

CVSS Score of COVID-19

CVSS has been one of the mainstay tools for estimating risk. It’s less frequently used in computer viruses, but even less used in human-to-human transmission of a DNA virus. However, why not? In a computer world, there are networks, hosts, and a malware/virus travels across the network to incapacitate hosts. …

Cvss

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CVSS Score of COVID-19
CVSS Score of COVID-19
Cvss

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