Most people have no idea how common this is. Amazon Web Service is a fantastic set of products that continue to revolutionize the computer industry, but there is a cost. All this newness is throwing the industry for a loop. IT executives, not wanting to miss the next wave of "disruptive" technology are driving IT departments to take greater risk with unfamiliar systems. IT teams, entranced by the new "instant on, self provisioned" capabilities ignore the warnings and do with the flick of a wrist, what used to takes teams of people with robust and safeguarded processes weeks to finish. Now, The Cloud has created objects that never even existed in the traditional world. Root Access keys are easily compromised, with the cost being the power to zap away entire estates of complex infrastructure.
Used to be, a well rounded IT team was a group of specialists, each with deep and intimate knowledge of their field. Now we have the Cloud Engineer who is supposed to embody all of these specialties, but who usually only hqs enough wherewithal to keep the rickety ship from sinking day by day.
[–] MarcusA 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Most people have no idea how common this is. Amazon Web Service is a fantastic set of products that continue to revolutionize the computer industry, but there is a cost. All this newness is throwing the industry for a loop. IT executives, not wanting to miss the next wave of "disruptive" technology are driving IT departments to take greater risk with unfamiliar systems. IT teams, entranced by the new "instant on, self provisioned" capabilities ignore the warnings and do with the flick of a wrist, what used to takes teams of people with robust and safeguarded processes weeks to finish. Now, The Cloud has created objects that never even existed in the traditional world. Root Access keys are easily compromised, with the cost being the power to zap away entire estates of complex infrastructure.
Used to be, a well rounded IT team was a group of specialists, each with deep and intimate knowledge of their field. Now we have the Cloud Engineer who is supposed to embody all of these specialties, but who usually only hqs enough wherewithal to keep the rickety ship from sinking day by day.