Automation

Did you know that you can create Ansible playbooks with ChatGPT?

In the last article I looked at automating some of the tests available for Windows servers and desktops in the ACSC Essential Eight assessment guide. This article looks at how we can measure assessment activity - how often are we assessing systems, and are they passing the tests?

Recently the Australian Cyber Security Centre released an Essential Eight assessment guide. This article looks at automating some of the tests in the guide with Ansible.

Ansible provides a way to automate functional verification tests. This article looks at an improved approach to automating functional verification tests that I introduced in an earlier article.

Functional verification provides a way that we can attest to the configuration of a device or system, and verify compliance controls. This article looks at a functional verification approach using Ansible.

RSA Conference 2022 again highlighted that many data breaches are due to unpatched systems. In this article I look at some of the technologies available to help organisations ensure that updates are applied across their hybrid cloud environments

Automation allows organisations to scale security workflows across hybrid cloud environments. In this article I take a closer look at automating application control, and how you can use Ansible roles to create reusable automation content.