IT organizations are increasingly adopting
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As more and more mission-critical systems move into the digital space, the importance of building secure applications and programs has expanded — and as all high profile security failures demonstrate, the consequences of bad actors exploiting lapses in a product’s security can be severe. At a bare minimum, developers cannot afford to take security for granted or assume, for example, that a new iteration of a product is secure because an older version passed a security scan.
As government organizations shift to agile cloud computing platforms, shared storage and data, and dynamic applications, development teams are progressively adopting a DevSecOps mindset to keep up with the rapidly evolving IT landscape. While definitions vary, DevSecOps can be described as a union of people, processes, and technologies designed to integrate security and quality throughout the development process, increase delivery frequency, and foster collaboration between traditionally siloed teams.
Halfaker, an SAIC company, has a government client that provides high-quality IT infrastructure, software engineering, and system and database support services in support of its overall mission of providing high-quality financial services to customers. Delivering applications in cloud environments to improve government services using industry-leading technology and mission-focused design is critical to our client’s ability to remain responsive to new and evolving customer needs.
As the need to store sensitive data increases, our clients must identify, detect, and rapidly respond to security attacks; contain and remediate any threat; and protect their end user data. To meet this need, many of our clients are developing cyber security operations center (CSOC) programs to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive information and systems.
Today, waterfall and agile are the two predominantly used project management approaches in IT. But with the world of software development moving away from waterfall-type approaches to more agile approaches like scrum, kanban, and SAFe, IT infrastructure teams face a seemingly difficult challenge of how to stay relevant in this new world. The answer is simple — do what’s right to provide the best value to your customer. These lean approaches can unlock efficiencies and boost your infrastructure capabilities.
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Space missions carry arguably the heaviest burden and complexity out of all government endeavors, whether the objective is elevating our knowledge of the heavens or preserving national security. When NASA, DOD, and the intelligence community send something into orbit or beyond, they need to be sure it works and doesn’t interfere with what’s working out there. You get one shot at the best solution when you put things in space.
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