The DevSecOps Talks Podcast

As a follow-up to the [last episode about hiring an infrastructure automation person](https://devsecops.fm/episodes/31-hiring/) we decided to reverse the view and talk about how do you get hired as an infrastructure automation person. This episode is full of career advice for people who are just only from university as well as people who already have experience in the industry.   Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter https://devsecops.fm/about/ and tell us about your questions, and we will answer them in the show.

  Have you ever conducted an interview to hire an infrastructure automation person? What would you ask? How do you check their skills? And what skills are essential? Tune in for our tips on hiring and finding the right person for your team!   Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter https://devsecops.fm/about/ and tell us about your questions, and we will answer them in the show.

Logs, metrics, and traces are the three pillars of observability. Where should you start? What are the common mistakes to avoid? And if you are to pick one - which one should you do? Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter https://devsecops.fm/about/ and tell us about your questions, and we will answer them in the show.

This time we are talking unikernles! Ian Eyberg from NanoVMs joins us to discuss how far this technology is from prime time. And it turns out that you don't have to be a kernel developer to take advantage of unikernes. Today, there are tools available to package, distribute, and run them locally as well as in the public cloud. While talking to Ian, it felt that the state of the technology is very similar to Linux containers at the beginning of 2010x, just before Docker made Linux containers available for everyone. Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter https://devsecops.fm/about/ and tell us about your questions, and we will answer them in the show.

The real cloud lock-in is security! Every service/cloud provider has its own levels of granularity regarding resources. Cloud engineering is mainly about compute, storage, and networking and how to make them scale. Scaling security is often left out as it is hard to measure on so many levels. We think that it is a myth and that we can measure how many steps it takes to add, modify or remove access rights. It all starts with monitoring, knowing what is there in a cloud infrastructure is a very good first step. By making it easy to see and manage access rights, we make it easier for ourselves to keep resources secured.   Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter https://devsecops.fm/about/ and tell us about your questions, and we will answer them in the show. Visit https://devsecops.fm to see show notes and https://gitter.im/devsecopstalks/community to join a discussion.

AWS released AWS Bottlerocket OS in March of 2020, and version 1.0.0 got released in August 2020. What is it? Should you be using it? What are the benefits? Is it ready for prime time? We answer all of those questions during this episode of DevSecOps Talks. Tune in!   Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter https://devsecops.fm/about/ and tell us about your questions, and we will answer them in the show. Visit https://devsecops.fm to see show notes and https://gitter.im/devsecopstalks/community to join a discussion.

Johan Abildskov, a consultant and author of 'Practical Git,' shares his insights on Git branching strategies. He strongly critiques the GitFlow model, highlighting its complexity and advocating for more tailored approaches. The conversation delves into the challenges newcomers face with version control, the importance of continuous integration, and best practices for managing branches effectively. Johan emphasizes optimizing workflows and enhancing collaboration within teams for better deployment outcomes.

This time we are joined by Paul Stack (@stack72, Pulumi developer, former Terraform developer) and podcast friend Jacob Lärfors to talk about - what is Pulumi is? - understand the difference between Pulumi vs. Terraform (and if we should compare them at all) - What is hard about Pulumi? - What people ask the most? What are the common confusions? - Cross-language infra libraries? How is it even possible?! - Is there a possibility of a supply chain attack via Pulumi library? Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter https://devsecops.fm/about/ and tell us about your questions, and we will answer them in the show. Visit https://devsecops.fm to see show notes and https://gitter.im/devsecopstalks/community to join a discussion.

Last week (week 6, 2021), seven data breaches were announced. In this episode, we discuss the possible scenarios for preventing attackers from getting a hold of your data, whether private or company data. And tips on how to mitigate the consequences of data leaks in cases when you have no control over data management (think of breach of 3rd party service).   Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter https://devsecops.fm/about/ and tell us about your questions, and we will answer them in the show. Visit https://devsecops.fm to see show notes and https://gitter.im/devsecopstalks/community to join a discussion

How do you run Kubernetes in the cloud? Still using Kops? Or is it time to jump to the managed offerings? We go through the list of things you might be missing out on if not yet using a managed solution. Also, in this episode - what do you always configure in the k8s cluster? CNI, Ingress, IAM, and even more!   Visit https://devsecops.fm to see show notes and https://gitter.im/devsecopstalks/community to join a discussion