At the heart of many government digital transformation initiatives is a simple concept – automation. Effectively, the more simple, redundant, and time-consuming tasks that can be automated, the more time that the government’s resource-strapped agencies and organizations have to focus…
Culture and Aversion to Change Hampering Government DevSecOps Adoption
The speed at which innovation moves and technology advances is incredibly fast. A DevSecOps approach to application development can ensure that new capabilities and solutions can be brought to government employees and military personnel rapidly, at the speed of innovation.…
Three Application Development Predictions for 2022
With the start of the New Year just recently passed, and many Americans still getting used to writing “2022” on things, instead of “2021,” now is the perfect time to reflect back on the year that was. And it’s fair…
Target These Four Areas for Kubernetes Governance to Eliminate Cluster Sprawl
Kubernetes was originally designed to support workload consolidation in a single cluster. However, there are many problem scenarios that require a multi-cluster approach to optimize performance and results. These can include workloads across regions, limiting outage blast radius, compliance issues,…
Is a cATO Possible in Today’s Military?
In the last episode of the ContinuousX Podcast, hosts Rick Stewart and Michael Fitzurka of DLT were joined by Kaitlin Bulavinetz, the Chief of Staff to the Chief Software Officer of the United States Air Force, to talk about enabling…
Kaitlin Bulavinetz Discusses the Cultural Changes Needed to Embrace DevSecOps in the Air Force
The benefits of shifting from a traditional “waterfall” approach to application development to a DevSecOps approach to application development have been well documented – including in the GovDevSecOpsHub. Ultimately, by shifting security left in the development process, application development teams…
Developer Spotlight – Kessel Run Makes Air Force History
Last month, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)’s Detachment 12, which is better known by its Star Wars-inspired operational name – Kessel Run – announced that its Kessel Run All Domain Operations Suite (KRADOS) would be operationally utilized…
Seven Tips for a Successful DevOps Journey Courtesy of Capital One
While embracing DevOps and DevSecOps is an essential step in expediting application development without sacrificing security, many government agencies have been slow to make the jump, or have faced challenges on their way towards embracing Agile and DevOps approaches to…
How the Air Force and SSA Navigate the (Sometimes Bumpy) Road to DevSecOps
Software and applications have taken on an outsized role in today’s government – helping agencies and military organizations more effectively and efficiently accomplish their missions and service constituents. But to keep pace with innovation, stay ahead of adversaries and keep…
Embracing DevSecOps AND Separation of Duties? It is Possible…
I have heard that implementing DevSecOps along with Separation of Duties (SoD) security principles is akin to running a humidifier and a dehumidifier in the same room and at the same time. Two opposing forces working tirelessly against each other…
