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July 13, 2019

It’s like Viagra for flaccid agile security

Some years ago, one of the founding fathers of the Agile Manifesto, Andy Hunt, wrote about how the Agile movement had sort of lost its way. One of the reasons he cited was the proliferation of a disease he called “flaccid agile”. Flaccid agile is where you cherry-pick some of the principles and practices you […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Manifesto, Agile Security

July 12, 2019

Yeah, baby! We’re Agile now!

Oh really? How do you know you’re “agile”? Well, step 1 is that you have to figure out why you want to be “agile” in the first place. And “because it’s kool, man!” or “because everyone’s doin’ it, dude!” aren’t acceptable answers. Now, if you’re one of the original 17 authors of the Agile Manifesto, […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile, Agile Manifesto, Confidence, Scrum

July 11, 2019

Got Agile?

There’s a lot of talk about Agile these days. Everyone’s doing it—well, almost everyone. And those who aren’t are a particular shade of green with envy and full of laments, remorse and frustration as to why they can’t be agile too. But here’s the thing about “agile”…it’s the thing that applies to quite a lot […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile, Agile Security, Business Agility, DevOps, DevSecOps

July 10, 2019

Tossing the DevSecOps zombies over the waterfall

I get what the whole DevSecOps movement is trying to accomplish. I really do. Because they’re right: The “traditional” approach to security is well and truly broken. We have proof of this every day from the trenches, let alone the headlines. And so, we need to “Shift left!” “Shift left…shift left…shift left…” It’s a mantra. […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile, COSAC, DevOps, DevSecOps, SABSA, Shift Left, Zombies

July 9, 2019

Freedom and your role as a security leader: ever thought about it?

Happy Independence Day for all my readers in the US, and, as you may know, I too am an American. So, despite what’s currently happening in my country, I still believe in the principles on which it was established. And one of those key principles is freedom. Now, I’m not going to wax political here—I’ll […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Business Alignment, Freedom, Independence Day, Security Leadership

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