James Wickett
James is the CEO and Co-Founder of DryRun Security, a devtool company that uses a first-of-its-kind Contextual Security Analysis to help developers create more secure software across the entire development and deployment pipeline.
He is a dynamic speaker on software engineering topics ranging from security to development practices and he has spent a lot of time at the intersection of the DevOps and Security communities.
As an author, he created several courses on DevOps and DevSecOps at LinkedIn Learning. His courses include DevOps Foundations, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps: Automated Security Testing, Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Site Reliability Engineering, and more.
James is the creator of the Lonestar Application Security Conference, the most-fun AppSec conference in Texas. He also ran DevOps Days Austin for over 10 years. He previously served on the global DevOps Days board.
In his spare time, he is trying to learn how to make a perfect BBQ brisket.
Session
The reason DevOps is slowing down, or halted in progress at many organizations is Security. Not security people. This talk is about Security with a capital "S". Security the ideal. It is this very Security that has caused illogical or irrational behavior in IT for many years, and now it's latest victim is DevOps.
We'll outline the most common ways that Security inhibits or blocks organizational change and identify the people, processes, and tools that will form your techniques for combatting these problems as they arise.