No, You Don’t Need Kubernetes for DevSecOps

By Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO If you google “DevSecOps”, you will find many references to deployment pipelines, and one of the most popular is from AWS (depicted in the diagram on the below). The pipeline involves many quickly evolving technologies such…

CPAN (Net::FTP) for Perl Hangs on Cygwin

CPAN is an essential tool for Perl developers.  With the “cpan” command, you can install whole Perl libraries effortlessly.  However, on many default installations of cygwin, cpan simply hangs: cpan> install LWP CPAN: Storable loaded ok Going to read /root/.cpan/MetadataDatabase…

Lessons on Generative AI Data Leaks

By Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO The rush to integrate Generative AI has created a vast, uncontrolled ecosystem within most organizations. At a recent CSA webinar, “Preventing GenAI Data Leakage: Enabling Innovation Without Compromising Security”, security experts from Layer X provided a pragmatic look at the…

CrowdStrike Lessons: Securing Federal Supply Chains

By Robert Bruce, TCG Deputy CTO Recent CrowdStrike Incident: A Key Lesson in Supply Chain Security On Friday July 19th, 2024, the cybersecurity community was alerted to a significant incident involving CrowdStrike, affecting an estimated 8.5 million Windows devices. The incident was…

From Silos to Insights: A Case Study in Data Sharing

Challenge While Federal agencies are data-rich environments, effectively sharing data across offices and divisions can be a challenge. This is particularly true in organizations where knowledge and data are divided by high degrees of disciplinary and sub-disciplinary specialization. The Securities and…

Cybersecurity Executive Order will Topple our Industry’s House of Cards

by Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO On May 12, 2021, the Biden Administration released the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. This directive seeks “bold changes and significant investments” to “protect and secure” the Federal Government’s computer systems by: Section…

Agile certifications — what will take you to the next level?

By Tige Nishimoto, TCG Program Manager Scrum Master certification is the most in-demand Agile certification on the marketplace, but it’s quickly becoming table stakes as Agile is expanding beyond IT and DevOps, according to Stephen Townsend, Director for Network Programs…

Enter Date: “Next Tuesday” and Why RPA is Overhyped

by Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO Imagine going to a website, typing “Next Tuesday” into a date field, and it works. This magical capability already exists and is provided by a built-in PHP function called “strtotime”. Why doesn’t everyone use strtotime? Because, it’s hard…