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Making Process Respectable Again: Advancing DevSecOps in the DoD Mission Space

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Matt Lentz, a non-IT guy, transformed MEPCOM by finding ways to say yes to overcome institutional barriers.
This episode discusses a SEI study on the state of DevSecOps in the DOD, highlighting success stories like MEPCOM's transformation and key findings on leadership, culture, and process. Guests explore how quantitative insights and policy changes are driving software modernization to support warfighters.

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A steady look at modernization under mission pressure in defense software.

This episode treats DevSecOps in the Department of Defense as a problem of mission and governance, not just tooling. The MEPCOM transformation story is the strongest thread: an old mainframe system, two failed modernization efforts, the need for authority to push changes into…

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