Operationalizing Cloud Governance
Key Steps to Take When Operationalizing Cloud Governance In today’s fast-paced world, it is easy to change a resource’s configuration in the cloud with one or two clicks. This allows
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, it is refreshing to come
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 mildly. There was discussion about
Security vs. Compliance
Security vs. Compliance Ok, let’s start with the people that are very annoyed with the title. I know why, you’re probably thinking at the very least Security = Compliance or
Explaining the Why and How of the Capital One Breach? (In 4 minutes)
When people ask me what we do at OpsCompass, one of the things I say is, “We help you stay off the cover of The Wall Street Journal”. As I’m sure
Serverless and Security: Top 3 Insights from AWS Summit – Chicago
OpsCompass attended AWS Summit Chicago and our team had some subtle and not so subtle observations of the comprehensive, but brief conference of tech professionals. Amazon touts their conferences as
The only provider to achieve the Pentagon’s highest cloud security rating, Azure impresses on security
Not everyone needs the security and compliance of the Department of Defense (DoD) but with enterprise cloud adoption at a fever pitch , it’s nice to know that the Pentagon
Cloud API’s aren’t just for developers, IT ops and security may see the greatest gains
IDG (parent company to media brands such as CIO, CSO, Network World, and more) recently released their 2015 Cloud Computing Study in which they survey nearly 1,000 qualified executives from
Disaster recovery isn’t just about worst-case scenarios, it’s about delivering high-availability to your core applications.
Disaster recovery (DR) is a difficult concept in IT. It requires one to not only think about the many implications of a worst-case scenario but also develop a sound response.
Are you encrypting your data-in-flight? If not, you should be.
We spend a lot of time working with our customers to align their technology platform choices with best-practices security and compliance standards. Over the past couple of years there has
