by Stephen Kuenzli | Jan 15, 2020 | AWS, Cloud, DevOps, Security
I’m researching how engineers assess the security posture of their Cloud deployments and evaluate risk to those deployments so they can improve it. Reading Time: 10 minutes The research starts with these questions: What’s the hardest part about assessing... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Jan 8, 2020 | AWS, Cloud, DevOps, Infrastructure As Code, Strategy
When I architected my SaaS’ deployment platform and delivery pipeline, I specifically sought to: maximize Aspects of a High Performance Software Delivery Processminimize components and platforms and offload as much undifferentiated, heavy lifting to focus my... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Jan 6, 2020 | DevOps, Infrastructure As Code, Strategy
To escape The DevOps Organization Build Trap, I suggested that you minimize the distinct sets of components your organization uses to deliver and operate software. Those components represent a dependency tree and are integrated, enhanced, and worked-around by your... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Jan 2, 2020 | DevOps
Fireworks by Roven Images Happy New Year! Many of you have freshly resolved to be more agile, adopt DevOps, or ramp-up your software delivery improvement efforts. The NoDrama Agile and DevOps theme page will help you accomplish these resolutions by: building a solid... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Dec 6, 2019 | AWS, DevOps, Security
botocore.exceptions.ClientError: An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the PutObject operation: Access Denied Ugh… that looks like it could be the start of a two hour or two week long goose chase. Understanding why access was denied and implementing a... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Nov 29, 2019 | DevOps
Photo by Brian Suh Here’s a little blessing you can say for your teams and website responsible for operations this peak-filled holiday season: Thank you to all who have improved our system’s capabilities and robustness for our customers. May our dashboards... 