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Pete Chestna
Pete Chestna has more than 25 years of experience developing software and leading development teams, and has been granted three patents. Pete has been developing web applications since 1996, including one of the first applications to be delivered through a web interface. He led his company from Waterfall to Agile, and finally to DevOps in addition to taking the company from a monolithic architecture to one based on microservices. Since 2006, Pete has been a leader in the Application Security (AppSec) space and has consulted with some of the world’s largest companies on their AppSec programs. In addition to his role as a contributing editor at DevOps.com, he now shares his experience by speaking internationally at both security and developer conferences on the topics of AppSec, Agile and DevSecOps. Buy him a whisk(e)y and he’ll tell you all about it.

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The 3 Ways of DevSecOps (Part 1)

| | Application Security, AppSec, DevSecOps
Have you read “The Phoenix Project“? If you haven’t, you should! It mirrors the method used by Goldratt in “The Goal,” first published in 1984. It’s a story, not a textbook. The Phoenix Project will help you understand the problems that arise in the way software is being built and deployed ... Read More
Security Boulevard

The One Thing Necessary for a Healthy AppSec Program

| | application security program, AppSec, Automation, Development, healthy AppSec program
Jack Palance had the right idea in City Slickers. “Do you know what the secret of life is? One thing, just one thing. You stick to that and everything else don’t mean shit.” Billy Crystal says, “That’s great, but what’s the one thing?” The response: “That’s what you’ve got to ... Read More