Tracy Bannon

It's the humans that matter...

#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.

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

Cyber Ops needs love too!

“Cyber Ops needs love too! We spend much time focused on DEV and often ignoring OPS. I am guilty of this too. I work with the MITRE now; I never realized their emphasis on world class cybersecurity. We work on behalf of the public good."

The only thing that matters is working code in production!

“'The only thing that matters is working code in production! This was a shocking statement by friend and colleague, David Sisk. We worked side by side focused on application architecture and software engineering at Deloitte. David, managed to anger an entire set of senior leaders plus a highly visible methods and tools organization by saying the most important outcome is not documents and decks. Ultimately all that matters is working software.."

DevSecOps Misinformation Is Real!

“DevSecOps Misformation is real. Ok, ok, maybe we should say misconceptions? Joan Goodchild wrote a brief blog myth-busting her top 5 DevSecOps fallacies."