ATARC 2021 DevOps Virtual Summit
February 23, 2021 from 1:30-3:45 PM Eastern Time | 2.5 CPE Credits Available for this Event*** RegistrationIndustry Partners1:30 PM
Welcome Remarks
Tom Suder
CEO, ATARC
1:30 PM
Visionary Keynote Fire Side Chat
Lauren Knausenberger
Chief Information Officer, US Air Force
Moderator: Tom Suder
CEO, ATARC
1:45 PM
Emerging Technology Tech Talks
The ATARC 2021 DevOps Survey: How Federal Agencies Are Delivering Better Code Faster
In a recent research study on the Federal DevOps landscape conducted in over 27 DoD and Civilian government departments and agencies, IT leaders shared challenges and successes related to the state of software development in their organizations. We learned that those respondents who were able to measure that they were releasing code more quickly attributed their success to six key factors that significantly improved their speed to mission and reduced their cycle time.
Join this presentation to learn:
Top challenges agencies are facing in development, deployment, testing, and delivery
What six steps steps successful agencies are taking to accelerate code development and delivery
Why reducing complexity can substantially speed up software delivery and the ATO process
Discover how your organization can reduce risk and increase the velocity and volume of deployments to the field while simultaneously increasing team collaboration and innovation.
Traci Robinson-Williams
Technology Business Strategist / Digital & Cultural Transformation Evangelist, GitLab
Securing the Software Supply Chain
Did you know that it’s believed the root cause of the SolarWinds hack were vulnerabilities within the software supply chain? Lack of code review, inaccessibility to evidence, and disconnected processes are only a few of the potential flaws that doomed SolarWinds. This is the result of lazy coding, poor practices,— and the lack of process automation to make it easy to detect and mitigate these security risks.
CloudBees provides Software Delivery Automation (SDA) capabilities that make the secure way easy so Government agencies and their partners can deliver responsive, timely and secure software capabilities.
Tyler Johnson
Senior Solutions Architect, CloudBees
2:07 PM
Exploring DevOps in the Time of Covid-19
This year has proven the need to strengthen DevOps capabilities, and a need to solve the DevOps challenges brought forth due to the pandemic. This panel will explore the current state of technology, use cases, and limitations of DevOps, in the Federal Government space. Listen in as subject matter experts share lessons learned and solutions to the challenges brought on to their agency’s as a result of COVID-19. What strategies have been put in place in order to strengthen DevOps as the Federal Government is starting to embrace a “new normal”? Find out how these topic experts have pushed through the challenges brought forth through COVID-19.
Ian Anderson
Lead DevOps Engineer, US Navy
Cindy Good
Program Manager, Office of Financial Innovation and Transformation, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Stephanie Taylor
Cloud Strategist and Data Center Services Manager (Acting), Federal Aviation Administration
Steven Pruskowski
Security Test & Evaluation (ST&E) Federal Lead, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Shenandoah Speers
Associate Chief Information Officer for Applications, Applications Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Derek Weeks
Vice President, Sonatype; Co-founder, All Day DevOps
Moderator: Jory Heckman
Reporter, Federal News Network
2:55 PM
Emerging Technology Talks
Shearing DevSecOps
Many teams balk when they see “standardize” in a sentence with “software practices”. Standardization is interpreted as “too rigid” or “anti-innovation.” Identifying where rigidity and maluablity is required are important for DevSecOps. DevSecOps should be viewed as a standardized business process. Pace-Layering your DevSecOps approach ensures rigidity where required, while allowing for maximum adaptability when necessary.
Bill Bensing
Software Factory Lead, Managing Architect, Red Hat
A DevOps Approach to FICAM
The Federal Identity, Credential and Access Management (FICAM) initiative to consolidate all government-wide identity, credential, and access management activities requires a new approach to traditional IAM systems. The demand to develop and deploy new capabilities across federal government agencies has only accelerated over the past year. One of the best ways to speed time to market, scale for peak demand, and increase efficiency is by using a modern identity and access management (IAM) solution that supports a multi-cloud DevOps deployment model, utilizing containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes. This Tech Talk will show how the ForgeRock DevOps-enabled identity platform can be utilized to develop a segment architecture in accordance with the FICAM Roadmap and implementation guidance.
Rob Miller
Principal Sales Engineer for U.S. Federal Government, ForgeRock
Adding PostgreSQL to Your DevOps Solutions Using EDB Products and Capabilities
Traditionally, the barrier between developers and database administrators has often been viewed as an impediment to building innovative yet reliable applications at a pace that meets the demands of today’s rapidly changing user expectations and requirements. One of the main objectives of a DevOps culture is to break down the barriers that exist between development and operations. Learn how EDB can help you break down those barriers and add PostgreSQL, one of the world’s most popular open source databases, to your DevOps delivered solutions.
Matthew Lewandowski
Field CTO at EDB
3:16 PM
Strengthening The Future of DevOps Through Emerging Technology
Listen as DevOps Experts explain the importance of DevOps across the Federal Government. In this period of time of building the “new normal”, What emerging technology has led to strengthening DevOps? This panel will set out to explain the emerging technology that has been used to help strengthen federal DevOps, along with the future of DevOps in the Federal Government. What does it mean to strengthen your agency’s DevOps? Where do these Federal Leaders see the future of DevOps going, and what emerging technology will help it get there? Here topic experts will discuss the best practices to implement to strengthen federal DevOps, some lessons learned, as well as some challenges from along the way.
Rayvn Manuel
Sr. Application Developer | DevOps Engineer, The Smithsonian Institution
Christopher Crist
Chief, Cyber Operations and Development Command, Control, Communications and Cyber Systems, U.S. Transportation Command, United States Department of Defense
Paula Wagner
Chief, Systems Delivery Division, Office of Information Technology, Management Directorate, United States Department of Homeland Security
Ed Phillips
IT Specialist (GIS Developer), Science Systems Development Section, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center, U.S. Geological Survey
David Wray
Public Sector Chief Technology Officer, Micro Focus Government Solutions
Moderator: Tom Temin
Co-Host, Federal News Radio
4:00 PM
Closing Remarks
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