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Scott Ford

Scott Ford

Principal Architect
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Scott is Lacework's Principal Architect for technology alliances and strategic accounts, with extensive experience in solutions based selling to global enterprise companies. He is an expert level DevSecOps practitioner experienced in the design and deployment of large-scale, code driven solutions for applications and infrastructure. Prior to Lacework, Scott was a Distinguished Architect at Chef Software.

AWS Code Pipeline
Dec 18, 2020

Up and Running with Lacework and AWS Code Build

by Scott Ford - Principal Architect
In this installment of Up and Running with Lacework we demonstrate how to build a continuous integration pipeline with AWS Code Build that builds Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) using Hashicorp Packer that are patched for vulnerabilities and automatically tested by Lacework’s new Host Vulnerability scanning service. Additionally, we are going to cover how you can […]

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hashicorp terraform
Dec 11, 2020

Announcing Lacework on the Terraform Registry!

by Scott Ford - Principal Architect
We are extremely excited to announce that both the Terraform Provider for Lacework, and Terraform Modules for integrating Lacework with AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure have migrated to Hashicorp’s Terraform Registry launched earlier this year. Hashicorp Terraform is hugely important to Lacework both internally for our own ability to manage the cloud environments that […]

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Hashicorp Packer
Oct 8, 2020

Up and Running with Lacework and Hashicorp Packer

by Scott Ford - Principal Architect
In this edition of Up and Running with Lacework, we dive into HashiCorp’s Packer to show you how to build base images from code that are free of vulnerabilities and validated with Lacework’s new Host Vulnerability Scanning. Immutable Infrastructure The move to immutable infrastructure has been gaining momentum over the last few years, with more […]

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Up and Running with the Lacework CLI
Sep 9, 2020

Up and Running with the Lacework CLI

by Scott Ford - Principal Architect
To put it succinctly, the data that resides within each customer account in the Lacework platform is immense. Luckily, the engine behind the platform makes sense of all of that data and organizes it for our customers so they easily can zero in on the most critical security concerns. While the UI provides a ton […]

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Up and Running with Lacework and Jenkins
Aug 18, 2020

Up and Running with Lacework and Jenkins

by Scott Ford - Principal Architect
In a recent blog post, I talked about how security teams need to focus on collaborating with Developers, Operations, and SREs by bridging the gap with relevant security data to drive testing and automation in CI/CD tooling. In this hands-on blog post, we will put that philosophy into practice by integrating Lacework Container Vulnerability Scanning […]

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Introducing the Terraform Provider for Lacework
Jul 7, 2020

Introducing the Terraform Provider for Lacework

by Scott Ford - Principal Architect
We are proud to announce the release of our new Terraform Provider for Lacework. This enables organizations to automate the configuration of the Lacework Security Platform in order to bring their public cloud environments under the protection of Lacework. Organizations today are either choosing public cloud or rapidly migrating to it in order to compete […]

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Shift Left Without Blocking
Jun 11, 2020

Dear Security, We Need to Talk About Blocking & Shifting Left

by Scott Ford - Principal Architect
The pressure on software teams to innovate has never been higher, driving companies to adopt continuous delivery and automation. While much has been written about DevOps and Security needing to work closely, in practice few teams are happy with the results. After spending time with companies large and small, both domestically and internationally, I’ve found […]

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