We all know what the different parts of DevSecOps stand for and why there has been a movement to make each of these disparate elements work in tandem to accelerate and improve the application development process. By having the “Sec”…
Exploring the Cyber Risks of Microservices
As the need to develop applications more quickly – at the pace of innovation – has increased and as government agencies have looked to introduce more scalability into the application development process, software development teams have moved away from developing…
Everything-As-Code Everywhere All at Once
As software and applications have become more mission-critical across the government, the need to develop and deploy new solutions and capabilities to the workforce quickly has increased. The need to rapidly develop and deploy secure applications has given rise to…
DevSecOps, ATOs, and Segregation of Duties – Can These Things Coexist?
Government agencies and military organizations have historically placed barriers between the development and deployment of new applications – and for very good reason. When sensitive constituent data is on the line, it’s essential that these applications are secure. And, in…
The Challenges that Agile Creates in the Public Sector
In the last episode of the ContinuousX Podcast, hosts Rick Stewart and Michael Fitzurka sat down with Cliff Berg, one of the coauthors of “Agile 2: The Next Iteration of Agile,” about the unintended consequences of the Agile method of application…
The Unintended Consequences of Agile
When the Agile Manifesto and the Agile approach to development were introduced, they were intended to provide a new, more efficient approach to application development that expedited processes and resulted in better products. However, much like with any new technology,…
DevSecOps as a Risk Management Strategy?
In the last episode of the ContinuousX Podcast, hosts Mike Fitzurka and Rick Stewart of TD SYNNEX Public Sector were joined by Cliff Berg, one of the coauthors of Agile 2: The Next Iteration of Agile, for a discussion about Agile…
Agile 2 – A New Approach to Agile for a Modern World
The Agile Manifesto that was released in the early 2000s was a massive step in the right direction for helping to eliminate or streamline complicated, impractical, or otherwise inefficient software development processes. The Agile Manifesto included four values and twelve…
The Monstrous Challenge of Modernizing Monolithic Systems
The COVID-19 pandemic drove massive digital transformation across both the private sector and the federal government. Government organizations and private enterprises, alike, turned to revolutionary new technologies and applications to enable them to work remotely, interact despite physical distance, and…
Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Adopting DevSecOps at Kessel Run
In the last two episodes of the ContinuousX Podcast, hosts Rick Stewart and Mike Fitzurka spoke with James Edmonds, the Project Manager for Kessel Run’s Dagr application, about how DevSecOps has impacted the organization’s culture, and how the organization, as a…