22. The Future of Software with Maj. Rob Slaughter

Episode 22 October 29, 2020 00:34:52
22. The Future of Software with Maj. Rob Slaughter
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22. The Future of Software with Maj. Rob Slaughter

Oct 29 2020 | 00:34:52

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Show Notes

In today’s podcast, Major Rob Slaughter discusses Platform One (P1), an official DoD DevSecOps Enterprise Services team.  P1’s vision is to create an innovative, collaborative, and unified Defense Department that delivers freedom through continuous software integration and deployments.  Its mission is to guide, empower, equip, and accelerate DoD program offices and weapon systems through their DevSecOps journeys by:

The following are highlights from our interview with Major Slaughter:

– DoD systems are not secure enough.

– DoD struggles to quickly deliver software capabilities.

                                                                                                                        Stay tuned to the Mad Scientist Laboratory for our next podcast with Doowan Lee of Zignal Labs, discussing disinformation, changes over time in approaches to information warfare, and revisionism and the Chinese Communist Party on 12 November 2020!

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