devsecops

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devsecops

Accelerating Government Missions Through Secure DevSecOps: How RGS and AlphaBravo are Transforming Federal IT

By combining Rancher Government’s hardened Kubernetes platforms with AlphaBravo’s secure DevSecOps orchestration, federal agencies can finally modernize IT operations across air-gapped, tactical, and classified environments—without compromising security or speed.

ai

Securing AI Capabilities: The Case for Privately Hosted MCP Servers in Federal Government and DoD Applications

To unlock the full potential of agentic AI in government and DoD environments, secure, privately hosted MCP servers—backed by AlphaBravo’s hardened container expertise—are essential to meet mission-critical security and compliance demands.

kubernetes

Taming the Log Beast: How Kubetail Makes Kubernetes Logging Less of a Nightmare

Kubetail turns Kubernetes log chaos into clarity, giving developers real-time, unified visibility across ephemeral containers—no complex setup, just instant insight.

cybersecurity

Redefining Cybersecurity from the Silicon Up: How Mainsail's Type 0 Hypervisor Creates Truly Hardened Infrastructure

Redefining security from the silicon up, Mainsail’s Type 0 Metalvisor hypervisor and AlphaBravo’s ABOps platform deliver zero-trust, hardware-rooted infrastructure built to defend against today’s threats—and tomorrow’s.

cybersecurity

Mission-Critical Cloud Security: Navigating Impact Level 5 (IL5) Requirements

Navigating IL5 means mastering one of the DoD’s most rigorous cloud security frameworks—balancing FedRAMP High, U.S.-only hosting, and total isolation to protect mission-critical CUI and National Security Systems from catastrophic compromise.

federal government

Securing Public Data - A Guide to DoD Impact Level 2 (IL2) Compliance

DoD Impact Level 2 compliance offers cloud providers a streamlined, FedRAMP-aligned path to serve federal missions with secure, public-facing applications—balancing accessibility, compliance, and opportunity.

devsecops

Recruiting and Retaining DevSecOps Talent for Government Projects: A Survival Guide

The integration of development, security, and operations has transformed from a "nice-to-have" into a "national-security-depends-on-it" necessity. Today's government agencies face a perfect storm: a critical need for DevSecOps talent colliding with the notorious red tape that makes hiring in government feel like swimming through

ci/cd

The Role of Automated Testing in Securing CI/CD Pipelines for Government Projects

Securing CI/CD for Government Projects with Automated Testing: Fast, Compliant, and Fail-Safe.

devsecops

DevSecOps and SBOM: Enhancing DoD Software Supply Chain Security

SBOMs: Because Guessing Is Not a Security Strategy.

kubernetes

Ten Hard-Earned Truths About Kubernetes in Government Environments: A Retrospective from the Trenches (Part 10)

Ten Hard-Earned Truths About Kubernetes in Government Environments: A Retrospective from the Trenches

kubernetes

Managing Updates and Patching in a Secure Kubernetes Cluster: When Ignoring CVEs Is No Longer an Option (Part 9)

In the high-stakes world of government Kubernetes deployments, patch management isn't just an IT chore-it's practically a national security imperative. If you've been following our deep dive series on Kubernetes in government environments, you already understand the unique compliance challenges and security requirements these

cmmc

Navigating CMMC 2.0 with DevSecOps: A Comprehensive Guide for the Intelligence Community, DoD, and Federal Government

Navigating CMMC 2.0 with DevSecOps: Building secure, resilient, and compliant systems at mission speed.

kubernetes

Monitoring and Logging in a Kubernetes Environment: Meeting Audit Requirements (Part 8)

Visibility is Security. Meet audit requirements with Kubernetes-native monitoring and logging that won’t let threats slip through the cracks.

containers

Securing Container Images and Supply Chains for DoD Compliance: When Trust Is Not an Option (Part 7)

Harden the Image, Secure the Mission: DoD-Grade Container Security Explained

kubernetes

Deploying Kubernetes: Strategies for Scalability and Resilience (Part 6)

Mission-Critical Kubernetes: Architecting for Scale, Surviving the Failures

harvester

Modernizing Federal IT Infrastructure: Rancher, SUSE and Harvester Solutions for Secure Open Source Migration

Cut Costs, Not Capabilities: Open Source Infrastructure for Post-VMware Federal IT

kubernetes

Integrating Identity and Access Management (IAM) with Federal Standards: When Kubernetes Meets Government Bureaucracy (Part 5)

Bridging Cloud-Native Identity with Federal Compliance: Kubernetes IAM the Government Way

kubernetes

Hardening Kubernetes: Implementing Baseline Security Controls for DoD Compliance (Part 4)

Lock It Down or Pack It Up: DoD-Grade Kubernetes Security Starts Here

devsecops Featured

Selecting the Right Kubernetes Distribution for Government Use (Part 3)

In the high-stakes world of government IT, where security clearances are sometimes easier to obtain than software approvals, choosing the right Kubernetes distribution is a critical mission. Your selection could mean the difference between smooth sailing through Authority to Operate (ATO) assessments or finding yourself in a compliance quagmire that

devsecops

Planning a Kubernetes Deployment: Aligning with DoD Security Policies (Part 2)

A guide to planning a secure Kubernetes deployment in a government environment.

devsecops

Kubernetes in the Classified Crowd: Orchestrating Containers Behind the Government Firewall (Part 1)

In a world where "moving to the cloud" has become the default corporate strategy, government agencies face a unique set of challenges that make their cloud migration journeys more akin to "moving to a highly-regulated, FIPS-compliant, ATO-approved, thoroughly-inspected cloud while filling out paperwork in triplicate." As

devsecops

The AI Whisperer's Guide to MCP Servers: Supercharging Your Digital Assistants

Before diving into the magical world of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, let me paint you a picture. Imagine your AI assistant as a brilliant but sheltered genius who's never left their room. They're incredibly smart but limited by what they've been told. Now

kubernetes

Understanding Kubernetes Primitives: Bridging Traditional Datacenter and Cloud Concepts

Relating Kubernetes primitives to familiar concepts in datacenter and cloud environments.

kubernetes

Kubernetes Demystified: A Fun and Accessible Guide for Non-Techies

Understanding Kubernetes in simple terms.

devsecops

A Guide to Choosing the Right DevSecOps Tools for Your Government Agency: Because Security Shouldn't Be an Afterthought

DevSecOps has become a critical approach for federal agencies striving to deliver secure software at the speed of relevance. By March 2025, many agencies have made significant progress in their DevSecOps journey, but selecting the right tools remains a complex challenge that can make even seasoned SES members reach for