Fw: BCS Event: Observability in DevSecOps - 25/03/2025
Immo Hüneke
BCS DevSecOps Talk: Observability in DevSecOps – Tuesday 25th March 2025
I am very pleased to announce that the next event for the British Computer Society DevSecOps group will take place on Tuesday 25th March 2025 at 6:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you in person or online.
We are very fortunate to have Andrew Hardie present a talk on the importance of observability in DevOps and DevSecOps. This presentation will introduce the topic and show that Observability is deeper and more importantly, wider than that the three pillars of Logs, Metrics and Traces.
Please use the following link to reserve your space: https://25March25Devsecops.eventbrite.co.uk
Synopsis
Observability is often presented by vendors as being based on the three pillars of Logs, Metrics and Traces.
However, true Observability is about far more than that and how they are exploited. Observability is not just for production servers, it's now vital for the DevOps, DevSecOps and SDLC processes due to audit, compliance, and supply chain integrity requirements.
The dark corners that true Observability illuminates are the 'Fourth Quadrant' problems - the unknown unknowns.
The goal is Actionable Intelligence, presenting the issue along with supporting context to help handle it.
Speaker Profile
Andrew Hardie is a veteran of the computer industry, writing his first program in 1969 and being online since 1982. Andrew is a very engaging speaker and always willing to offer some useful views and insights.
Over the years, he has worked for seven parliaments (including the UK House of Commons, where he computerised Hansard and Parliamentary Questions), eight UK Government departments (including BEIS, MOD, MoJ, Home Office), the Metropolitan Police, three Local Authorities, Tony Blair's private office, four palaces (including the UK the Royal Household), the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, HSBC, Lloyds Bank & two hi-tech startups.
Agenda
This is a hybrid event, with attendance in person at the BCS HQ in London and online via Zoom.
18:00 - Teas, coffees, and networking, as people arrive.
18:30 - Presentation by Andrew Hardie.
19:30 - Q&A – to be chaired by Roy Harrow, BCS DevSecOps Group.
20:00 - Light refreshments for those who can attend in person.
20:30 - Close
For more information on the BCS DevSecOps group, including recordings of our previous events, please see our website at:
https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/devsecops-specialist-group/
Join the BCS using this 20% discount code BCSDEVSO20 at https://bcs.org/join
Roy Harrow
Chair of the DevSecOps group
chairde...@bcs.org