It’s been noted that there are two types of organizations – those that have suffered a data breach, and those that will fall victim to a data breach sooner than later (most likely sooner). The hard truth of this statement is reflected in the fact that according to some sources 97% of networks will experience a security compromise over any given six-month period. And with a staggering 9.7 billion data records having been breached since 2013, these numbers are only rising.

If you strip the buzzwords and TLAs from the definition of DevOps? You’ll find that the roles and tasks involved aim mostly for more uptime and less downtime in the SDLC (software development lifecycle). The first step to achieving that is becoming aware of downtime as it happens with the help of monitoring solutions. Only then can you respond and resolve the issue in a timely manner that minimizes the dreaded and expensive downtime of software development teams.

IT incident management is a fundamental operational process designed to ensure rapid service restoration. This process is typically assigned to the help desk but is also very much entrenched in the day-to-day of DevOps. When incident management goes right, service is restored quickly and the impact on productivity, continuity, and customer satisfaction is minimal.

Moving full speed ahead into 2021, a year that is slated to be marked by unpredictability, fast-paced change, and (still) a lot of disruption – no organization can afford to allow such disorder to impact productivity, operations, and the business overall.

Creating software products without DevOps and DevOps tools is nearly impossible today. Unless you are a huge fan of buggy code and chaotic version deployments. Development Operations professionals, combine IT, QA, infrastructure, and even some development tasks in their work. Devops are increasingly important members of any R&D department aiming to efficiently produce and deploy software products.

According to a recent report by IBM, the damage caused by major IT incidents is greater than ever. An incident that results from a data breach will cost the organization an average of $3.86 million, with the average time to breach containment coming in at 280 days! And according to the ITIC, hourly downtime costs come in at over $300,000, with some at even $1 million per hour.

Try to imagine a bunch of monkeys running around your data center, pulling cables, trashing routers and wreaking havoc on your applications and infrastructure. Ever more crucial in these days of heated competition between online gaming operators, is player experience. Continuity of operations is “Uber-Alles” and avoiding churn, due to service disruption, is the organizational mantra.

Just in case you haven’t heard, last week Microsoft experienced a huge outage that prevented users from accessing its Office 365 cloud-based subscription service which serves 200 million active monthly users. This latest outage was the third in ten days, causing the company to receive a deluge of customer complaints about a 'something went wrong' message that popped up when they tried to access their accounts.

Kimberley Wadsworth gambled £36,000 in a fortnight, committing suicide shortly after the loss and leaving her mother homeless as a result. Kimberley Wadsworth started gambling in 2015, visiting brick-and-mortar shops and playing at online casinos. There was no one to promptly alert or save Kimberly from her dreadful destiny.

The incident management challenges of a pandemic-driven world & how to overcome them “While the safety and well-being of workers affected by COVID-19 is the first priority, companies will also triage other essentials, such as incident management and stakeholder communications.” (PWC) In a pandemic-stricken world that is consuming products and services over the internet, more than ever, there is a great strain on digital and connectivity systems.