#81 - Keeping Secrets Safe

Still pasting tokens into Slack? What types of secrets are at risk, and which tools fit which consumer—humans, CI/CD, or workloads? Where do most teams stumble, and how do you fix it fast? Hear our no-nonsense checklist.   Connect with us on LinkedIn or X (see info at https://devsecops.fm/about/). We are happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes, or hear from you, our listeners. The video version of this episode is available on our YouTube channel LinkedIn page of the DevSecOps Talks team is here

Passkeys are gaining attention as a new way to log in without passwords. How do they work, and how do they compare to traditional multi-factor authentication (MFA)? In this episode, we explore the history of passwords, the strengths and weaknesses of common MFA methods, and the potential of passkeys to enhance security. What threats do passkeys mitigate, and what still remain?   Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter (see info at https://devsecops.fm/about/). We are happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes, or hear from you, our listeners.

Andrey, Paulina, and Mattias kick off a miniseries on European infrastructure. We talk about infrastructure providers' options across Europe, ask what really drives the move away from hyperscalers, and wonder whether the trade-offs make sense for most teams.  Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter (see info at https://devsecops.fm/about/). We are happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes, or hear from you, our listeners.

In this guest episode, we chat with Davlet Dzhakishev, co-founder of Cloudgeni, who’s working on an AI-powered approach to fixing compliance issues in IaC. What’s the state of tools in this space? Where does his idea fit in? And how should we think about the relationship between compliance and security?   Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter (see info at https://devsecops.fm/about/). We are happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes, or hear from you, our listeners.

Part two of our chaos engineering series is here! Join Andrey, Mattias, and Paulina as they talk through practical strategies for chaos engineering. Who should do it? How can you start? And what are the essential prerequisites?  Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter (see info at https://devsecops.fm/about/). We are happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes, or hear from you, our listeners.

Chaos engineering—is it really chaos, or something more structured? Andrey, Paulina, and Mattias talk about what chaos engineering means, how it started, and why you might already be using it unintentionally.  Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter (see info at https://devsecops.fm/about/). We are happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes, or hear from you, our listeners.

This is the final episode of our three-part series on incident response. We focus on what happens after the dust settles. How do you learn from what went wrong and avoid repeating it? Tune in to hear our top recommendations.  Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter (see info at https://devsecops.fm/about/). We are happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes, or hear from you, our listeners.

What keeps an incident from spiraling out of control? How can you organize your team on the spot? We continue our series on incident response, moving from preparation to real-time actions. Mattias shares key points from his course. Listen to learn how we handle incidents step by step.  Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter (see info at https://devsecops.fm/about/). We are happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes, or hear from you, our listeners.

Incident response can be complex, but where do you start? Andrey, Mattias, and Paulina dive into the preparation steps you need to take. Mattias shares his expertise from teaching an incident response course. What’s their top recommendation? Listen and find out!  Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter (see info at https://devsecops.fm/about/). We are happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes, or hear from you, our listeners.

We are looking into recently announced AWS Resource Control Policies. What are they? How are they different from Service Control Policies? What is a Data Perimeter? Tune in to find out!   Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter (see info at https://devsecops.fm/about/). We are happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes, or hear from you, our listeners.