Intro Security and compliance controls are an important part of the software development life cycle. When organizations and teams move software delivery from months to hours, the processes related to compliance evaluation can become a bottleneck for delivery. In his article, “Compliance in a DevOps Culture,” Carl Nygard outlines different approaches teams can take to Read more…
Built on Control Tower Mphasis Stelligent is proud to be an AWS Built on Control Tower Partner and a Management and Governance Partner! Find this blog interesting? Make sure you register and join us on Nov 17 for an AWS Control Tower Activation Day. Control Tower and BoCT Overview Cloud transformation is a large undertaking. The setup and Read more…
As Enterprises adopt modern application architectures, they now find they need the capability to deliver hundreds or even thousands of distinct applications while meeting stringent security and compliance requirements. Scaling the capability to deliver software securely requires a new framework for defining, creating, and delivering infrastructure and application code and brings a new set of Read more…
Consider the following questions when it comes to the typical approach to security error detection and remediation in many enterprises today: How does security error detection occur? When and how often does it occur? Who is usually involved in fixing these security issues? What is the approach to fixing these issues? How long does it Read more…
Since AWS re:Invent 2020 was 100% virtual, I got opportunities to consume more content than I typically do at the conference but this came at the cost of missing out on opportunities to meet with new people and those I typically see every year at this time. The nice thing is that more people from Read more…
Deployment Pipelines – Introduction The software “deployment pipeline” has become a common mechanism in the modern enterprise. A deployment pipeline is a sequence of automation that produces or deploys a software artifact. This artifact can take many forms, for example, a programming library, a web application, or even automation to converge infrastructure and security controls. Read more…
We had over 40 people from Mphasis and Mphasis Stelligent at the AWS re:Invent 2019 conference in Las Vegas, NV. There were 77 product launches, feature releases, & services announced at the conference (and many more at “pre:Invent” in November). Of this, there were several DevOps-related features announced at re:Invent or during pre:Invent. The theme Read more…
Many enterprises attempt to drive software development and delivery towards a DevOps mindset. Likewise, organizations struggle with increasing security challenges while adopting these innovative software practices. Embedding security within the deployment lifecycle is non-negotiable. Therefore, integration of security into CI/CD workflows need be done cautiously to meet an ever-evolving technology landscape. DevSecOps is an important Read more…
Traditionally, managing transport layer security (TLS) digital certificates that are used for encrypting data in transit between clients and servers has been a very manual process. In 2016, Amazon Web Services began offering the AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) – a service for managing these digital certificates. By using AWS CloudFormation and AWS CodePipeline, you can Read more…
Whether it’s in or out of the cloud, most IT compliance usually comes in the form of a multitude of checklists – like the one you see below. It might be a spreadsheet, website, or other “digital” tool but, in the end, it’s still checklists that software teams must comply with by filling out forms Read more…