To foster faster, more secure application development, many government organizations have turned to a new generation of application development platforms and commercial off the shelf (COTS) solutions designed to automate testing, bake security into every aspect of the development lifecycle…
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…
Security as Code — Making Application Development Faster and Safer
Right in the middle of the holiday season, as much of the world was preparing to take some deserved time off to celebrate with their families and bid 2020 a less-than-fond farewell, some terrible news broke involving a number of…
From “Trust but Verify” to “Never Trust” – the Importance of AST in application development
In our last article on the GovDevSecOpsHub, we sat down with Peter Archibald, the Regional Sales Manager for DoD and FSI sales at Checkmarx, and Jeff Ingram, a DoD Regional Sales Manager at Checkmarx, to discuss the inclusion of the…
Application Security Testing Makes its Way into the Iron Bank
In early December, software security solution provider, Checkmarx, announced that its application security testing (AST) solution had been accepted into the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) “Iron Bank” repository, and was available through the U.S. Air Force Platform One application…
Better, Faster, Safer – Improving App Development and Security with OpenShift
As software takes on an increasingly essential and mission-critical role in the operations of the U.S. government and Department of Defense (DoD), application developers creating software on behalf of the government are under pressure to develop and deploy new versions,…
Four Key Application Security Benefits of DevSecOps
Data breaches occur so frequently that it wouldn’t be surprising if the average American is becoming desensitized to them. It would be even less surprising if they’ve failed to notice that breaches are happening more frequently as cyberattacks increase in…
The Role of the Cloud and FedRAMP in Driving DevSecOps Adoption
It’s arguable that few technologies have had as revolutionary an impact on the government and how it operates as the cloud. Cloud technologies opened the door to many of the advanced applications and solutions that are driving digital transformation initiatives…
Why a new approach to encryption is essential for today’s government applications
Over the past decade, the role of software in the federal government has evolved from something that increased operational efficiency or made life easier, to completely mission-critical to agencies and military organizations. Software is key to federal digital transformation initiatives,…
Study Shows the Impact of COVID-19 on Software Development Teams
Since March of this year, Americans have been living and working through some very trying and unique circumstances. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered offices across the country and led to many Americans working from home, predominantly. This has resulted…
