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A collection of 16 posts

Automation: Redundancy vs Resilience

Automation: Redundancy vs Resilience

Cloud outages aren’t a matter of if, but when. At JPSoftWorks, we don’t just trust provider SLAs: we design resilience into our systems with automation, smart routing, and chaos testing. Because being ready beats being surprised.

Why Waiting Is Riskier Than Moving: SecDevOps in Uncertain Times

Why Waiting Is Riskier Than Moving: SecDevOps in Uncertain Times

Even in tough times, cybercriminals don't stop evolving. Standing still is the riskiest move. Incremental SecDevOps adoption is low-risk, high-reward: and the best time to start is now.

From Battlefields to Pipelines: What the Marines Can Teach Us About DevOps

From Battlefields to Pipelines: What the Marines Can Teach Us About DevOps

When IT delays become mission-limiting When the U.S. Marine Corps decided it was time to modernize its IT backbone, the challenge was clear: traditional waterfall methods and rigid compliance structures were slowing down innovation. Some systems were taking five years and over a million dollars just to get authorized.

Augmenting SecDevOps Pipelines with AI Agents on Azure (part 2/2)

Augmenting SecDevOps Pipelines with AI Agents on Azure (part 2/2)

What we’re augmenting (in plain terms) We’ve been hands-on with Azure DevOps and Azure cloud long enough to know this truth: our pipelines already produce the answers we need, but they hide them in logs, metrics, and alerts spread across tools. AI agents help us stitch that story

Augmenting SecDevOps Pipelines with AI Agents (1/2)

Augmenting SecDevOps Pipelines with AI Agents (1/2)

Why AI Fits Naturally into SecDevOps As many of you know by now, we've always believed that SecDevOps is about balance: security, development, and operations working together in a way that doesn't slow delivery but still keeps everything secure and resilient. Now, with the rise of

Vibe Coding: Are Humans an asset or a threat?

Vibe Coding: Are Humans an asset or a threat?

As usual, our people are our salvation We’ve seen cybersecurity evolve: from basement script kiddies to AI-fueled threats. And yet as we enter late 2025, Alan Shimel’s article “Distraction is the New Zero‑Day: The Human Risk We Keep Ignoring” rings truer than ever. It’s not ransomware

Is Engineering Excellence an Endangered Species?

Is Engineering Excellence an Endangered Species?

A SecDevOps Reflection on the 2025 "State of Software Engineering Excellence" Report Why this report matters to me If you've followed my writing, you know I treat DevOps (and its grown-up sibling, SecDevOps) as a team sport that balances speed with safety, people with process, and

Why the “Dev(SEC)Ops Rockstar” Myth Persists

Why the “Dev(SEC)Ops Rockstar” Myth Persists

Why the “DevOps Rockstar” Myth Persists A Badging Bonanza for Ambitious Engineers * Instant credibility. One LinkedIn title change, and you’re the go-to guru for pipeline pain. * Tool-collector’s paradise. Kubernetes today, service mesh tomorrow—learning curves feel like career hacks. * Hero dopamine. Shipping hot-fixes at 2 a.m.

DevOps versus DevSecOps, an illustrated example.

DevOps versus DevSecOps, an illustrated example.

So what’s the big deal about DevSecOps? Why can’t you just explain it? I can, but first we need to talk about DevOps. Act I – DevOps, the culture. Not a person. Contrary to many job ads, DevOps isn’t a title. It’s a way of working that

To SecDevOps or not to. It isn't even a question.

To SecDevOps or not to. It isn't even a question.

SecDevOps + Zero-Trust: a Cheeky Field Guide for Teams That Already “Do DevOps”...or dont... TL;DR — We’re not trying to replace DevOps, we’re giving it a shiny exoskeleton that blocks or exposes risk and still lets the people inside, boogie like it's 1999. What is SecDevOps,

Doing Agile the right way: Points and the contract.

Doing Agile the right way: Points and the contract.

Beyond the Numbers: Understanding Story Points as a Tacit Contract in Azure DevOps: Embracing Observability & SecDevOps Introduction: Setting the Stage Let's be honest: the idea of "story points" can feel a bit…well, absurd at first. It’s like trying to measure the feeling of

Sustainability Is the New Performance

Sustainability Is the New Performance

Sustainability Is the New Performance We talk a lot about performance — in business, in systems, in teams. How fast? How scalable? How productive? These are important questions, but in this age — where AI consumes ever-growing energy, where our ecological systems are in crisis, and where relentless economic growth strains planetary

LLMs ≈ Pocket Calculators for the Mind

LLMs ≈ Pocket Calculators for the Mind

Why the real question is how we use them, not if we should “I don’t carry information in my mind that is readily available in books… The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.” — Albert Einstein

The Two Faces of DevOps: Tech guru vs. Culture

The Two Faces of DevOps: Tech guru vs. Culture

What is all this about? Over the past months, as I’ve scanned the DevOps job market, one clear pattern emerged: many organizations still treat DevOps as two distinct interests. Below I'll try to take them apart and make you see what makes them tick. Keep in mind

Is Agentic SecDevOps for you?

Is Agentic SecDevOps for you?

What is it? As usual. let's take a moment to look at the "bare essential constituant parts" of what Agentic DevOps is, and let's see how we align them to the SecDevOps mindset. Microsoft’s "Agentic DevOps", Key Concepts: * "Agentic DevOps&

About JP

Jean-Paul Lizotte (« Jaypee ») SecDevOps Transformation Leader | Zero-Trust & Compliance Automation | 30 + years in IT driving resilient, people-centric delivery I build high-trust, Zero-Trust engineering cultures. From programming Microsoft BASIC in 1981 to leading SOC 2 Type II attestations, my career arcs around one idea: technology should empower people, not become their