December 2023

Happy December, DevOps Community! 

As the year winds down and we embrace the holiday spirit, we present the December edition of our newsletter. In this issue, we'll unwrap gifts to keep your DevOps game strong. 

Let's conclude this year on a high note by exploring the newest trends and practices shaping DevOps's future.

Securing The Cloud:

DevSecOps in Cloud-First Initiatives

Cloud environments, while providing scalability and flexibility, require a nuanced understanding of security. Traditional security models must be adapted to address the unique challenges posed by shared responsibility models, dynamic infrastructure, and the ever-evolving threat landscape. 

In this post, we explore the significance of DevSecOps and how it plays a crucial role in safeguarding cloud-first initiatives. Post 5 in a series on going cloud-native.

DevOps Industry News

6 Security Best Practices for Cloud-Native Applications

Microsoft .NET 8 Arrives with Cloud-Native Stack Preview

10 Ways to Increase Productivity by Improving Your Developer Experience

Partner News and Announcements

Atlassian Acquires AirTrack

Atlassian Unveils New Virtual Agent, Debuts Innovations in AI-Powered ITSM

Stealth Operations: The Evolution of GitLab's Red Team

GitLab Announces Duo Chat: A New Level of AI-assisted Productivity

Cloud Integrations: JFrog Achieves AWS PrivateLink Service Ready Validation

JFrog Appoints Gal Marder to Executive Vice President of Strategy

What is Subversion? SVN Explained

How to Draw AWS Architecture Diagrams in Gliffy

GitHub Aims to Expand Copilot Scope and Reach in 2024

Security Best Practices for Authors Of GitHub Actions

Automation Using GitHub in Deploying AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Responsible AI Best Practices: Promoting Responsible and Trustworthy AI Systems

The Future of DevSecOps with the CloudBees Platform

Introducing the 2 + 2 + 2 Java support plan

Getting Started with k0smotron

The Next Wave of Cloud Security and Efficiency: Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes 23.3

Make Your Own Cross-Team Burndown Charts on Jira Dashboards

Join Progress Chef on their Slack Channel

Agentless Configuration Drift Detection and Remediation

5 Use Cases for Automating Your Infrastructure with Ansible Automation Platform

How The SEC Charges Against SolarWinds Highlight the Cybersecurity Liability Of Software Companies

Top 10 Open Source Projects Hit by HTTP/2 'Rapid Reset' Zero-day

Deploy and Manage AI Workloads on Scaleway Infrastructure with CircleCI

Achieve Security and Compliance Goals with Policy Guardrails in Docker Scout

Unlocking Git’s Power with GitLens: A Visual Studio Code Extension Guide

Modernizing Applications on Hybrid Cloud

Microsoft Previews Additional Copilot Tools for Azure

Transform Your 2024 Strategic Vision into an Actionable Roadmap

Upcoming Conferences

DevOpsDays

There are no DevOpsDays scheduled until March 2024

SKILup Days

Container Orchestration

December 13 • Virtual

Other Conferences

Half Moon Bay - CISO Summit

December 5 • San Francisco, CA

CDCA Defense Summit

December 6-7 • Charleston, SC

GitLab Hackathon

December 11-18 • Virtual

DoDIIS

December 12-14 • Portland, OR

CES 2024

January 9-12 • Las Vegas, NV