BrainGu Delivers Remarks Regarding the Importance of DevSecOps to NATO Audience
In his remarks, Mitch Rubinstein, BrainGu’s Director of Mission Systems Group, contextualized cyberwarfare with patterns of conflict throughout history, described the DevSecOps approach to security, and provided examples illustrating DevSecOps as a critical factor in the time-competitive cybersecurity environment of today.
Brussels, Belgium — BrainGu delivered remarks on the importance of DevSecOps in
the emerging security environment at AFCEA’s annual TechNet International Expo & Forum. As a technology
company and innovation lab successfully bringing bleeding-edge tech to the U.S. Government and Department of
Defense, BrainGu was competitively selected to present.
The TechNet International audience included senior members from NATO Headquarters, NATO’s
Emerging Security Challenges Division, Defence Investment Division, and Communications and Information
Agency, the Allied Command Operations (ACO), the European Union (EU) Directorate-General for Defence
Industry and Space, the EU Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, the
European Defence Agency, and the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
In his remarks, Mitch Rubinstein, BrainGu’s Director of Mission Systems Group, contextualized
cyberwarfare with patterns of conflict throughout history, described the DevSecOps approach to security, and
provided examples illustrating DevSecOps as a critical factor in the time-competitive cybersecurity
environment of today. Notably for this audience, Mitch demystified how NATO can utilize the U.S. DoD
DevSecOps Reference Design to easily and quickly adopt DevSecOps for platform environments and mission
applications. You can watch Mitch’s entire talk, along with the presentations of all the distinguished AFCEA
speakers here. Mitch’s speech begins at the 45:27 mark.
DevSecOps is not just a continuous integration / continuous deployment
pipeline, nor is it just software as a service. DevSecOps brings the “Silicon Valley” approach to mission
critical problems. It is the disposition of cyber talent and tooling to enable secure cloud-native
application development at the speed of relevance. Cybersecurity is baked in and enforced from the first
line of code. The U.S. DoD DevSecOps Reference Design is now open source. Automated tools allow NATO
organizations to quickly deploy their own DevSecOps platforms and develop secure cloud-native applications
in days, not years.
BrainGu presented its Mission App as a Service solution offering as an example of rapid deployment and
scalability to mission application development. Successful case studies include our WIDOW and MAIZE apps.
This presentation was delivered at AFITC 2021 and focuses on how a process that focuses on User Experience can lead to developing modern and secure software that helps warfighters achieve their mission objectives.