Tracy Bannon

This session was presented at DevSecOps Days Pittsburgh, held virtually April 27, 2022.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Sunday, April 27, 2025

Navigating the Hypecycle ++ Building Secure Systems in a GenAI World

Appalachia Advance - CyberTech Conference - Panel & Tech Learning Session

Generative AI (GAI) technologies are being applied in a range of sectors—national defense, healthcare, transportation, and more. While the surge brings advantages, it also presents unique cybersecurity challenges. Embracing the potential of GenAI involves acknowledging and mitigating these cybersecurity risks early and is key to designing secure complex systems. I'll share you how to equip your organization with the knowledge and tools to defend against tomorrow’s threats today.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Thursday, November 7, 2024

Unlocking Innovation with AI powered Software Engineering - #AI4SWE

ADDO (All Day DevOps) Presentation

The rapid development of GAI tools offers groundbreaking potential for software engineering, but teams face hurdles in adopting these technologies. This session is essential for software architect, engineers, developers, DevOps professionals, and security leaders aiming to enhance efficiency and quality in their software engineering processes using GAI. Attendees will gain practical insights into the current state of GAI in software engineering, learn strategies to overcome adoption barriers, and understand future trends to integrate GAI effectively into their software engineering and DevSecOps practices. Attendees hugoalso walk away with a call to action and materials to immediately leverage with the their teams and organizations.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Wednesday, October 9, 2024

#AI4SWE - AI powered Software Engineering

DevOpsDays Dallas Keynote Address on Unlocking Innovation

Generative AI has taken the world by storm, including the realm of software engineering. There's a rush to incorporate AI tools, from code generation to test analysis. This is groundbreaking technology that has limitations and challenges to navigate. AI-assistance can enhance your delivery of value with the speed and quality your end-users demand. The key is to use assurance-based techniques. We'll also need to figure out how to pivot from viewing AI as merely a tool today to envisioning a future filled with AI agents as team members.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Sunday, September 29, 2024

xOPS - Transdiciplinary approach to incorporating AI into the Software

xOPS: Transdiciplinary approach to incorporating AI into the Software For today, I’m going to define 𝘅𝗢𝗽𝘀 as 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗢𝗽𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗢𝗽𝘀 + 𝗠𝗟𝗢𝗽𝘀. Why though? Because the integration of AI capabilities into our software requires more than traditional DevSecOps. I’ve spent decades architecting software solutions for complex challenges, I’ve learned that pragmatism, integration, and flexibility are paramount. 𝘅𝗢𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆; it’s a transdisciplinary mindset that integrates the 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 of DevSecOps, DataOps, and MLOps.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Monday, June 24, 2024

Infusing AI into Software Engineering: Challenges and Opportunities

Artificially Intelligent Enterprise Virtual Summit

Generative AI has taken the world by storm, including the realm of software engineering. There's a rush to incorporate AI tools, from code generation to test analysis. This is groundbreaking technology that has limitations and challenges to navigate. AI-assistance can enhance your delivery of value with the speed and quality your end-users demand. The key is to use assurance-based techniques. We'll also need to figure out how topivot from viewing AI as merely a tool today to envisioning a future filled with AI agents as team members.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Thursday, May 16, 2024

Applying AI to the SDLC: New Ideas and Gotchas

QCon London Keynote on Leveraging AI to Improve Software Engineering

Generative AI has taken the world by storm, including the realm of software engineering. There's a rush to incorporate AI tools, from code generation to test analysis. This is groundbreaking technology that has limitations and challenges to navigate. AI-assistance can enhance your delivery of value with the speed and quality your end-users demand. The key is to use assurance-based techniques. We'll also need to figure out how topivot from viewing AI as merely a tool today to envisioning a future filled with AI agents as team members.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Friday, April 5, 2024

Podcast Series:Real Technologists

In our world today, technology plays an increasingly significant role in shaping our lives. The way we communicate, work, and even entertain ourselves is being revolutionized by tech. Behind every innovation, there’s a person, a human being with unique experiences, perspectives and challenges. Understanding what shaped their perspective is a real goal. That’s why I created the 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁. Each week I explore the genuine stories and true journeys of folks shaping our digital future.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Wednesday, February 21, 2024

What does the Journey to the Cloud look like?

I mean what does it really take??

What does the journey to the cloud like when we are discussing application architecture? I had the pleasure of chatting with Richard Simon from the Cloud Therapists. We discussed the reality of mmigrating to cloud and the 4 stages defined in a chart that Richard has developing for a number of years, based on the familiar R’s of migration and customer interactions. You know the R’s right? Rehost, Replatform, Refactor and Rearchitect…you could add Retire and Redesign…

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Architectural Decision Records!

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗲, 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗜𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻!!! I shared the idea of decision records with a mid-career techie and he was blown away by the value and simplicity. Using Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) to jot down choices just make sense. It doesn’t need to be a full white paper… just a few lines as an .MD file. WHY? So your decisions are defensible and to give anyone in the future a frame of reference.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Sunday, February 4, 2024