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2022

Introduction to the Linux Foundation's SLSA project

Supply Chain Security is a hot topic these days. And more and more, we as developers are dealing with this daily. But what does this mean for us, and how is this influencing our job? I want to give an overview of common attacks against the Software Supply Chain from the developer’s view and will introduce the Open Source project SLSA from the Linux Foundation.

2021

The Lifeline of a Vulnerability

·9 mins
Intro # Again and again, we read something in the IT news about security gaps that have been found. The more severe the classification of this loophole, the more attention this information will get in the general press. Most of the time, you don’t even hear or read anything about all the security holes found that are not as well known as the SolarWinds Hack, for example. But what is the typical lifeline of such a security gap?

CVSS - explained - the Basics

·9 mins
Intro # What is the Common Vulnerability Scoring System short called CVSS, who is behind it, what are we doing with it and what a CVSS Value means for you? I will explain how a CVSS Score is calculated, what the different elements of it mean and what are the differences between the different CVSS versions.

A Challenge of the Software Distribution

·8 mins
The four factors that are working against us # Software development is more and more dependent on Dependencies and the frequency of deployments is increasing. Both trends together are pushing themselves higher. Another element that turns the delivery of software into a network bottleneck is the usage of compounded artefacts. And the last trend that is working against us, is the exploding amount of edges or better-called edge nodes.All four trends together are a challenge for the infrastructure.But what we could do against it?

DevSecOps - Be Independent Again

·6 mins
What do the effects the news of the last few months can have to do with risk management and the presumption of storage, and why is it an elementary component of DevSecOps?

The quick Wins of DevSecOps

·8 mins
Hello and welcome to my DevSecOps post. Here in Germany, it’s winter right now, and the forests are quiet. The snow slows down everything, and it’s a beautiful time to move undisturbed through the woods.