Crash Override

Chalk has a new home

We have have refreshed the documentation for the Chalk project, and moved it to its new home. Chalk for serverless functions is coming soon!
By Mark Curphey
Apr 13, 2025

The Business Value of Engineering Relationship Management

This articles explains the business value of ERM. For everyone in DevOps, it's a better experience, a more efficient & a cheaper way to work.
By Mark Curphey
Apr 9, 2025
Introducing ERM

Introducing Engineering Relationship Management

ERM is a single source of truth and a complete change ledger for DevOps, connecting all your code, cloud infrastructure, tools, builds & deployments.
By Mark Curphey
Apr 8, 2025

Opengrep - The Security Industry Deserves Better

Opengrep, a fork of Semgrep, raises concerns in open-source security. This blog investigates the motivations behind Opengrep, defends Semgrep’s open-core model, and calls for industry accountability.
By Mark Curphey
Jan 29, 2025

The Security Industry Needs More "Easy Buttons"

The security industry must prioritize creating streamlined, user-friendly solutions—'easy buttons'—to reduce the complexity and costs for development organizations.
By John Viega
Jan 14, 2025

Security Marketing Exposed - Part One

Why understanding marketing is a super power for running operational security programs
By Mark Curphey
Jan 8, 2025

Whack-a-mole is dead

Welcome to the post alerts and issues era, and why security insecticides are a better approach.
By Mark Curphey
Nov 6, 2024
Social Media Witch Hunt

On Social Media Witch Hunts and Learning Important Lessons

As Jen Easterly from CISA said, ‘this (CRWD saga) is a dress rehearsal for what China could do in the future’ and if we don’t learn the actual lessons here we are doomed to repeat history.
By Mark Curphey
Sep 10, 2024

C isn’t a Hangover; Rust isn’t a Hangover Cure

It seems there are too many people in the security industry that are too fast to condemn C/C++
By John Viega
Apr 23, 2024

Is Shadow Development Really A Problem?

A look at how the BYOD problem was solved and how we can use that approach to solve the shadow development problem
By Mark Curphey
Apr 10, 2024

Are there too many bubbles of similar security efforts?

Why we shouldn't work together for the greater good of the security industry
By Mark Curphey
Mar 26, 2024
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Welcome ZAP to the Open Source Fellowship

The Crash Override Open Source Fellowship is a program to help sustain and grow important open source security projects.
By Mark Curphey
Mar 14, 2024