How a Cloud Center of Excellence Drives Successful Cloud Implementations
The Rise of the Cloud Center of Excellence These days a corporate “no cloud” policy is almost as rare as a “no internet policy”. Even
Lessons Learned When Amazon Unloaded its Non-Bundled Oracle Databases
Insights for Easing the Transition to the Cloud House of Brick, the services division of OpsCompass, has a growing set of white papers, webcasts, and
Introduction to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Security Framework Based on Standards, Guidelines, and Practices The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) was created via a collaboration between the United States government and
Understanding CIS Controls and Benchmarks: Key Examples
Align with CIS Controls and Benchmarks using Opscompass to monitor drift, ensure compliance, and reduce risk across cloud and on-prem systems.
Adopting Multi-Cloud Services with Confidence
Cloud Adoption is a Journey I recently explored a report by Gartner, Top 10 Trends in PaaS and Platform Innovation, 2020, which I believe, talks
Leveraging the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework and Readiness Tool
What is the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework and Readiness Tool? The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) was created based on the experiences of the
Building a Compliance Conscious Company
Cloud Compliance is Dependent on People and Technology Regulatory standards abound in the cloud. Healthcare has HIPAA, the federal government has FedRAMP, and financial companies
Security Challenges Come with Company-wide Remote Work
Cloud Security in the time of Covid Recent events have forced businesses to modernize; adopting IaaS and PaaS services at an increasing rate. Recently, Forbes
Governance and DevOps a Match, Who Knew?
Security and governance too often seem like sticks. If you don’t meet a requirement you are going to get beat over the head or worse… So,
Thinking Like a Security Minded Professional
A few weeks ago, I sat for the CompTia Security + Exam. Studying was grueling, since keeping information systems secure is difficult, to put it
