Tracy Bannon

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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."

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Wednesday, March 30, 2022

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.."

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Tuesday, March 29, 2022

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."

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Monday, March 28, 2022

Forget monoliths vs. microservices. Cognitive load is what matters.

“'Forget monoliths vs. microservices. Cognitive load is what matters.' - Skelton & Pais. I’ve argued for nearly 10 years that Microservice patterns can be overwhelming and when coupled with the explosion in open source, can lead to dramatic cognitive overload."

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Federal Low Code Trailblazers

Bill Bunce, and Special Guests Tracy Bannon, and Alex Sutherland

Federal Low Code Trailblazers with Tracy Bannon and others! Join us for this episode of the Federal Low Code Trailblazers Podcast with Bill Bunce, Pegasystems, and Special Guests Tracy Bannon, Senior Principal/ Software Architect & DevOps Advisor, MITRE and Alex Sutherland, Director, Salesforce Architecture, Liberty IT Solutions as they discuss DevOps, DevSecOps, and containerization throughout the Federal Government. See what processes they recommend to build and sustain DevOps practices, and the current status of of DevOps in the Federal IT ecosystem.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Burlap or Tapestry? Educational Diversity

My personal journey has taught me the absolute value in diversity; our many varied paths provide a broad set of experiences transforming the fabric of our creative problem solving from burlap to a rich tapestry. With my mental map in mind, how do you think I responded to this question posed to me a few days ago: “I see your undergraduate degree is a BA, why would I listen to you about anything related to software?

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Thursday, January 13, 2022

DOI: DataOps is not DevOps for a database

DataOps is not DevOps for a database At the DevOps Online Summint, 2021, Tracy Bannon tries to clear up some things about DataOps. In this conversation, she explains why DataOps is not DevOps for a database! In this converastion, Trac talks with Tom Henricksen about the differences and why folks get confused.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Thursday, September 30, 2021

Perseverance, the IRS, and Partnering

If you never know failure,. you will never know success.

#StraightTalk4Gov and sharing of experience stories is a passion for me. I’ve been thinking about the importance of learn fast/fail fast whether yesterday or earlier. We have a responsibility to share the stories that highlight culture building, organizational change, policy bending, and perseverance A few years ago I had the opportunity to collaborate with Aaron Francensconi, Amin Qazi, Rupesh Kumar and others at the IRS on adopting agile principles and growing a DevOps practice.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Faux Script Kiddie!

Why is it so easly to learn to hack?

A few weeks ago I dusted off my dog-eared copy of ”The Web Application Hacker’s Handbook” by Studdard and Pinto (Yes,I still prefer printed books though I now spring for a second e-version for when I’m traveling.). I’ve installed the most recent version of Burp Suite community edition and OWASP’s ZAP and decided to freshen up my ethical hacking/cyber-student skills. Of course, I am not probing public sites, but rather, using the ethical learning sites:

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Thursday, June 3, 2021

Distributed Everything

Why is it so easly to learn to hack?

A recent post by George Lawton on venturebeat.com highlighted insights by Gartner’s analysts on pressing trends for operationalizing business value (aka value stream/ mission delivery). The key take away is the need to address composability and “distributed everything.” I’ll add a personal “+1” to that assertion given my observations with my clients and federal sponsors. Growth in composable infrastructure is powered by cloud capabilities. Growth in composability of data and analytics is fueled by a few drivers: the need to harness and make use of the data available th enteprise already has, the need to deal with growing volumes of new data available to the enterprise, and the incorporation of multiple analytics techniques into all facets of software intensive systems.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Sunday, May 9, 2021

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