This article was originally authored by Alex Hisaka for the D2iQ blog. To read the original in its entirety, click HERE. The federal government and military are increasingly implementing Internet of Things (IoT) programs to help increase their reach and…
The Real Reason Why Automation Eludes the Government
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.…
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,…
What the StackRox Acquisition Means for Red Hat Customers – a Q&A with Michael Epley
Following their January 2021 acquisition of StackRox, the GovDevSecOpsHub sat down with Red Hat’s Chief Architect and Security Strategist for Public Sector, Michael Epley, for an in-depth, three-part interview series about the security challenges that today’s more complicated applications create…
Meeting Government Compliance and Security Challenges – a Q&A with Michael Epley of Red Hat
In a recent article on the GovDevSecOpsHub, we featured the first of a three-part interview series with Michael Epley, the Chief Architect and Security Strategist for Public Sector at Red Hat. We sat down with Michael following the company’s announcement…
Increasing the AppSec of Complex, Containerized Applications – a Q&A with Michael Epley of Red Hat
In January of this year, Red Hat announced that it was acquiring StackRox, a leading provider of container and Kubernetes security software solutions. The acquisition was expected to add a number of complementary application security capabilities to Red Hat’s already…
Four Keys to Fighting Cluster Sprawl in Kubernetes Environments
In recent articles on the GovDevSecOpsHub, we discussed the realities of cluster sprawl and the impact of cluster sprawl on our agencies. Ultimately, we established that cluster sprawl is a very real problem facing the government that can slow the…
Cluster sprawl is the speed trap on the Kubernetes innovation highway
In our last article on the GovDevSecOpsHub, we discussed the basics of Kubernetes deployments and how the widespread embrace of Kubernetes has created a new challenge that industry experts call, “cluster sprawl.” Governmental agencies have begun to shed the stigma…
Are there hidden risks on the Kubernetes transformation highway?
DevSecOps environments are touted as the best methodology for effectively delivering secure applications. But some of the same tools that have opened the door to the efficient, rapid delivery and deployment of new applications that is the hallmark of DevSecOps…
