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…
Pete Chestna, Checkmarx CISO, on the Technologies Enabling a Continuous ATO
With software becoming increasingly essential to today’s government and military, and digital transformation initiatives among the highest priorities within the IT departments of government organizations, there is a strong desire across the government to develop and implement new applications quickly.…
Shifting Application Security Left Requires Changing Both Culture and Tools
In late August, the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC) sponsored a Webinar in conjunction with Checkmarx and Invicti entitled, “Shifting Security Left with DevSecOps.” This virtual panel discussion featured prominent application development leaders and experts from both the government…
State Government Cloud Adoption Requires Cloud-Ready, Centralized AppSec
This article was originally featured on the Checkmarx blog. Click HERE to read the original article in its entirety. In a recent FedRAMP survey conducted by Maximus and Genesys 49 percent of state and local government respondents said most of their systems and solutions were…
A Majority of Global Developers Desire More Secure Coding Education
The impact of COVID-19 has accelerated worldwide demand for increasing the provision of digital services, and in this digitized landscape, security is key. But digital transformation initiatives, combined with a hybrid workforce, have expanded attack surfaces and increased the chances…
Seven reasons why federal agencies need a unified approach to application security
Today’s government agencies and military organizations are developing applications and digital services as fast as they can to meet urgent needs. This rapid pace of application development only accelerated in 2020 when government IT departments and application development teams were…
What to Look for in a Security Scanning Solution
Pointing out problems is not necessarily a bad thing. But simply pointing out problems without offering solutions provides little value. This is true in many facets of life, but it also applies within the context of software security scanning. security…
Six Ways AST Keeps Digital Citizen Services Secure
When in-person processes became impossible during the pandemic, the extent to which public sector services relied on them became apparent. Town halls, municipal offices, schools, and colleges were forced to close their doors to the public, and the need to…
